Recently I wanted to change updated_at column of a post, but it's not that simple!
Nevertheless, server time is 12:06 and when I use console (irb) it is 12:06 Also tried:
irb(main):001:0> Time.zone.to_s
=> "(GMT+03:00) Moscow"
Still when I do :
post.update!(updated_at: DateTime.now)
=> true
And if I retrieve the record, the result is "2018-10-29 09:06:47"
Any help is appreciated!
Try using DateTime.current - that will get the zoned time if your app is operating in one.
From the docs:
Returns Time.zone.now.to_datetime when Time.zone or config.time_zone are set, otherwise returns Time.now.to_datetime.
Basically, Time.zone should reflect DateTime.current if you're working with a time zone, while Time.now and DateTime.now will ignore any zone. The method's source is quite self explanatory here:
def current
::Time.zone ? ::Time.zone.now.to_datetime : ::Time.now.to_datetime
end
Hope that helps - give me a shout if you've any questions.