ziptz

Ziptz

Get time zone, daylight saving time, and base offset for any US ZIP code.

ZIP codes are up to date as of May 2024.

Compatibility

Ziptz is tested to work with the following versions of Ruby:

• Ruby 3.1.x, 3.2.x, 3.3.x

Installation

Add the gem to your Gemfile:

gem 'ziptz'

Usage

Get the time zone name for any ZIP code:

z = Ziptz.new
z.time_zone_name('97213') #=> "America/Los_Angeles"

Get the time zone offset for any ZIP code:

z.time_zone_offset('97213') #=> -28800

Note that offsets do not include daylight saving time.

Determine if the ZIP code uses Daylight Saving Time:

z.time_zone_uses_dst?('97213') #=> true

Get all the zip codes in a time zone:

z.zips('Pacific/Chuuk') #=> ["96942", "96943"]

Supported Time Zones

• America/Adak
• America/Anchorage
• America/Boise
• America/Chicago
• America/Denver
• America/Detroit
• America/Indiana/Indianapolis
• America/Indiana/Knox
• America/Indiana/Marengo
• America/Indiana/Petersburg
• America/Indiana/Tell_City
• America/Indiana/Vevay
• America/Indiana/Vincennes
• America/Indiana/Winamac
• America/Juneau
• America/Kentucky/Louisville
• America/Kentucky/Monticello
• America/Los_Angeles
• America/Menominee
• America/Metlakatla
• America/New_York
• America/Nome
• America/North_Dakota/Beulah
• America/North_Dakota/Center
• America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
• America/Phoenix
• America/Puerto_Rico
• America/Sitka
• America/St_Thomas
• America/Yakutat
• Pacific/Chuuk
• Pacific/Guam
• Pacific/Honolulu
• Pacific/Kosrae
• Pacific/Kwajalein
• Pacific/Majuro
• Pacific/Pago_Pago
• Pacific/Palau
• Pacific/Pohnpei
• Pacific/Saipan
• Pacific/Wake

Note that APO/FPO zip codes will not return a known time zone offset.

Prefer raw data?

If you would prefer raw data instead of a gem, see my ZIP Code Time Zones product on AWS Data Exchange to subscribe.

Version 3 breaking changes

• APO, DPO, and FPO zip codes are no longer included, because they are non-geographic.
• Time zone offsets are now specified in seconds instead of hours.
• Time zone are now more granular. The full list of time zones is:
  • America/Adak
  • America/Anchorage
  • America/Boise
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Denver
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Juneau
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Menominee
  • America/Metlakatla
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nome
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Phoenix
  • America/Puerto_Rico
  • America/Sitka
  • America/St_Thomas
  • America/Yakutat
  • Pacific/Chuuk
  • Pacific/Guam
  • Pacific/Honolulu
  • Pacific/Kosrae
  • Pacific/Kwajalein
  • Pacific/Majuro
  • Pacific/Pago_Pago
  • Pacific/Palau
  • Pacific/Pohnpei
  • Pacific/Saipan
  • Pacific/Wake

Version 2 breaking changes

Time zone names now reflect standard tz-database names.

V1 Name	V2 Name
Atlantic	America/Puerto_Rico
Eastern	America/New_York
Central	America/Chicago
Mountain	America/Denver
Pacific	America/Los_Angeles
Hawaii-Aleutian Islands	Pacific/Honolulu or America/Adak
American Samoa	Pacific/Pago_Pago
Marshall Islands	Pacific/Majuro
Guam	Pacific/Guam
Palau	Pacific/Palau
Micronesia	Pacific/Pohnpei

License

Copyright (c) 2015-2024 Keith Morrison <[e-mail]>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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