Class: TZInfo::Timezone

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Comparable
Defined in:
lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb

Overview

Timezone is the base class of all timezones. It provides a factory method get to access timezones by identifier. Once a specific Timezone has been retrieved, DateTimes, Times and timestamps can be converted between the UTC and the local time for the zone. For example:

tz = TZInfo::Timezone.get('America/New_York')
puts tz.utc_to_local(DateTime.new(2005,8,29,15,35,0)).to_s
puts tz.local_to_utc(Time.utc(2005,8,29,11,35,0)).to_s
puts tz.utc_to_local(1125315300).to_s

Each time conversion method returns an object of the same type it was passed.

Direct Known Subclasses

InfoTimezone, TimezoneProxy

Constant Summary collapse

@@loaded_zones =

Cache of loaded zones by identifier to avoid using require if a zone has already been loaded.

{}
@@default_dst =

Default value of the dst parameter of the local_to_utc and period_for_local methods.

nil

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

._load(data) ⇒ Object

Loads a marshalled Timezone.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 486

def self._load(data)
  Timezone.get(data)
end

.all ⇒ Object

Returns an array containing all the available Timezones.

Returns TimezoneProxy objects to avoid the overhead of loading Timezone definitions until a conversion is actually required.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 128

def self.all
  get_proxies(all_identifiers)
end

.all_country_zone_identifiers ⇒ Object

Returns all the zone identifiers defined for all Countries. This is not the complete set of zone identifiers as some are not country specific (e.g. ‘Etc/GMT’). You can obtain a Timezone instance for a given identifier with the get method.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 184

def self.all_country_zone_identifiers
  Country.all_codes.inject([]) {|zones,country|
    zones += Country.get(country).zone_identifiers
  }
end

.all_country_zones ⇒ Object

Returns all the Timezones defined for all Countries. This is not the complete set of Timezones as some are not country specific (e.g. ‘Etc/GMT’).

Returns TimezoneProxy objects to avoid the overhead of loading Timezone definitions until a conversion is actually required.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 174

def self.all_country_zones
  Country.all_codes.inject([]) {|zones,country|
    zones += Country.get(country).zones
  }
end

.all_data_zone_identifiers ⇒ Object

Returns an array containing the identifiers of all the available Timezones that are based on data (are not links to other Timezones)..



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 149

def self.all_data_zone_identifiers
  data_source.data_timezone_identifiers
end

.all_data_zones ⇒ Object

Returns an array containing all the available Timezones that are based on data (are not links to other Timezones).

Returns TimezoneProxy objects to avoid the overhead of loading Timezone definitions until a conversion is actually required.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 143

def self.all_data_zones
  get_proxies(all_data_zone_identifiers)
end

.all_identifiers ⇒ Object

Returns an array containing the identifiers of all the available Timezones.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 134

def self.all_identifiers
  data_source.timezone_identifiers
end

.all_linked_zone_identifiers ⇒ Object

Returns an array containing the identifiers of all the available Timezones that are links to other Timezones.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 164

def self.all_linked_zone_identifiers
  data_source.linked_timezone_identifiers
end

.all_linked_zones ⇒ Object

Returns an array containing all the available Timezones that are links to other Timezones.

Returns TimezoneProxy objects to avoid the overhead of loading Timezone definitions until a conversion is actually required.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 158

def self.all_linked_zones
  get_proxies(all_linked_zone_identifiers)      
end

.default_dst ⇒ Object

Gets the default value of the optional dst parameter of the local_to_utc and period_for_local methods. Can be set to nil, true or false.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 85

def self.default_dst
  @@default_dst
end

.default_dst=(value) ⇒ Object

Sets the default value of the optional dst parameter of the local_to_utc and period_for_local methods. Can be set to nil, true or false.

The value of default_dst defaults to nil if unset.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 78

def self.default_dst=(value)
  @@default_dst = value.nil? ? nil : !!value
end

.get(identifier) ⇒ Object

Returns a timezone by its identifier (e.g. “Europe/London”, “America/Chicago” or “UTC”).

Raises InvalidTimezoneIdentifier if the timezone couldn’t be found.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 93

def self.get(identifier)
  instance = @@loaded_zones[identifier]
  
  unless instance  
    info = data_source.load_timezone_info(identifier)
    instance = info.create_timezone
    @@loaded_zones[instance.identifier] = instance         
  end
  
  instance
end

.get_proxy(identifier) ⇒ Object

Returns a proxy for the Timezone with the given identifier. The proxy will cause the real timezone to be loaded when an attempt is made to find a period or convert a time. get_proxy will not validate the identifier. If an invalid identifier is specified, no exception will be raised until the proxy is used.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 110

def self.get_proxy(identifier)
  TimezoneProxy.new(identifier)
end

.new(identifier = nil) ⇒ Object

If identifier is nil calls super(), otherwise calls get. An identfier should always be passed in when called externally.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 116

def self.new(identifier = nil)
  if identifier        
    get(identifier)
  else
    super()
  end
end

.us_zone_identifiers ⇒ Object

Returns all US zone identifiers. A shortcut for TZInfo::Country.get(‘US’).zone_identifiers.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 201

def self.us_zone_identifiers
  Country.get('US').zone_identifiers
end

.us_zones ⇒ Object

Returns all US Timezone instances. A shortcut for TZInfo::Country.get(‘US’).zones.

Returns TimezoneProxy objects to avoid the overhead of loading Timezone definitions until a conversion is actually required.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 195

def self.us_zones
  Country.get('US').zones
end

Instance Method Details

#<=>(tz) ⇒ Object

Compares two Timezones based on their identifier. Returns -1 if tz is less than self, 0 if tz is equal to self and +1 if tz is greater than self.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 465

def <=>(tz)
  identifier <=> tz.identifier
end

#_dump(limit) ⇒ Object

Dumps this Timezone for marshalling.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 481

def _dump(limit)
  identifier
end

#current_period ⇒ Object

Returns the TimezonePeriod for the current time.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 427

def current_period
  period_for_utc(Time.now.utc)
end

#current_period_and_time ⇒ Object Also known as: current_time_and_period

Returns the current Time and TimezonePeriod as an array. The first element is the time, the second element is the period.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 433

def current_period_and_time
  utc = Time.now.utc
  period = period_for_utc(utc)
  [period.to_local(utc), period]
end

#eql?(tz) ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if and only if the identifier of tz is equal to the identifier of this Timezone.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 471

def eql?(tz)
  self == tz
end

#friendly_identifier(skip_first_part = false) ⇒ Object

Returns a friendlier version of the identifier. Set skip_first_part to omit the first part of the identifier (typically a region name) where there is more than one part.

For example:

Timezone.get('Europe/Paris').friendly_identifier(false)          #=> "Europe - Paris"
Timezone.get('Europe/Paris').friendly_identifier(true)           #=> "Paris"
Timezone.get('America/Indiana/Knox').friendly_identifier(false)  #=> "America - Knox, Indiana"
Timezone.get('America/Indiana/Knox').friendly_identifier(true)   #=> "Knox, Indiana"



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 236

def friendly_identifier(skip_first_part = false)
  parts = identifier.split('/')
  if parts.empty?
    # shouldn't happen
    identifier
  elsif parts.length == 1        
    parts[0]
  else
    if skip_first_part
      result = ''
    else
      result = parts[0] + ' - '
    end
    
    parts[1, parts.length - 1].reverse_each {|part|
      part.gsub!(/_/, ' ')
      
      if part.index(/[a-z]/)
        # Missing a space if a lower case followed by an upper case and the
        # name isn't McXxxx.
        part.gsub!(/([^M][a-z])([A-Z])/, '\1 \2')
        part.gsub!(/([M][a-bd-z])([A-Z])/, '\1 \2')
        
        # Missing an apostrophe if two consecutive upper case characters.
        part.gsub!(/([A-Z])([A-Z])/, '\1\'\2')
      end
      
      result << part
      result << ', '
    }
    
    result.slice!(result.length - 2, 2)
    result
  end
end

#hash ⇒ Object

Returns a hash of this Timezone.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 476

def hash
  identifier.hash
end

#identifier ⇒ Object

The identifier of the timezone, e.g. “Europe/Paris”.

Raises:



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 206

def identifier
  raise UnknownTimezone, 'TZInfo::Timezone constructed directly'
end

#inspect ⇒ Object

Returns internal object state as a programmer-readable string.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 222

def inspect
  "#<#{self.class}: #{identifier}>"
end

#local_to_utc(local, dst = Timezone.default_dst) ⇒ Object

Converts a time in the local timezone to UTC. local can either be a DateTime, Time or timestamp (Time.to_i). The returned time has the same type as local. Any timezone information in local is ignored (it is treated as a local time).

Warning: There are local times that have no equivalent UTC times (e.g. in the transition from standard time to daylight savings time). There are also local times that have more than one UTC equivalent (e.g. in the transition from daylight savings time to standard time).

In the first case (no equivalent UTC time), a PeriodNotFound exception will be raised.

In the second case (more than one equivalent UTC time), an AmbiguousTime exception will be raised unless the optional dst parameter or block handles the ambiguity.

If the ambiguity is due to a transition from daylight savings time to standard time, the dst parameter can be used to select whether the daylight savings time or local time is used. For example,

Timezone.get('America/New_York').local_to_utc(DateTime.new(2004,10,31,1,30,0))

would raise an AmbiguousTime exception.

Specifying dst=true would return 2004-10-31 5:30:00. Specifying dst=false would return 2004-10-31 6:30:00.

If the dst parameter does not resolve the ambiguity, and a block is specified, it is called. The block must take a single parameter - an array of the periods that need to be resolved. The block can return a single period to use to convert the time or return nil or an empty array to cause an AmbiguousTime exception to be raised.

The default value of the dst parameter can be specified by setting Timezone.default_dst. If default_dst is not set, or is set to nil, then an AmbiguousTime exception will be raised in ambiguous situations unless a block is given to resolve the ambiguity.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 409

def local_to_utc(local, dst = Timezone.default_dst)
  TimeOrDateTime.wrap(local) {|wrapped|
    if block_given?
      period = period_for_local(wrapped, dst) {|periods| yield periods }
    else
      period = period_for_local(wrapped, dst)
    end
    
    period.to_utc(wrapped)
  }
end

#name ⇒ Object

An alias for identifier.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 211

def name
  # Don't use alias, as identifier gets overridden.
  identifier
end

#now ⇒ Object

Returns the current time in the timezone as a Time.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 422

def now
  utc_to_local(Time.now.utc)
end

#period_for_local(local, dst = Timezone.default_dst) ⇒ Object

Returns the TimezonePeriod for the given local time. local can either be a DateTime, Time or integer timestamp (Time.to_i). Any timezone information in local is ignored (it is treated as a time in the current timezone).

Warning: There are local times that have no equivalent UTC times (e.g. in the transition from standard time to daylight savings time). There are also local times that have more than one UTC equivalent (e.g. in the transition from daylight savings time to standard time).

In the first case (no equivalent UTC time), a PeriodNotFound exception will be raised.

In the second case (more than one equivalent UTC time), an AmbiguousTime exception will be raised unless the optional dst parameter or block handles the ambiguity.

If the ambiguity is due to a transition from daylight savings time to standard time, the dst parameter can be used to select whether the daylight savings time or local time is used. For example,

Timezone.get('America/New_York').period_for_local(DateTime.new(2004,10,31,1,30,0))

would raise an AmbiguousTime exception.

Specifying dst=true would the daylight savings period from April to October 2004. Specifying dst=false would return the standard period from October 2004 to April 2005.

If the dst parameter does not resolve the ambiguity, and a block is specified, it is called. The block must take a single parameter - an array of the periods that need to be resolved. The block can select and return a single period or return nil or an empty array to cause an AmbiguousTime exception to be raised.

The default value of the dst parameter can be specified by setting Timezone.default_dst. If default_dst is not set, or is set to nil, then an AmbiguousTime exception will be raised in ambiguous situations unless a block is given to resolve the ambiguity.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 326

def period_for_local(local, dst = Timezone.default_dst)
  results = periods_for_local(local)
  
  if results.empty?
    raise PeriodNotFound
  elsif results.size < 2
    results.first
  else
    # ambiguous result try to resolve
    
    if !dst.nil?
      matches = results.find_all {|period| period.dst? == dst}
      results = matches if !matches.empty?            
    end
    
    if results.size < 2
      results.first
    else
      # still ambiguous, try the block
                
      if block_given?
        results = yield results
      end
      
      if results.is_a?(TimezonePeriod)
        results
      elsif results && results.size == 1
        results.first
      else          
        raise AmbiguousTime, "#{local} is an ambiguous local time."
      end
    end
  end      
end

#period_for_utc(utc) ⇒ Object

Returns the TimezonePeriod for the given UTC time. utc can either be a DateTime, Time or integer timestamp (Time.to_i). Any timezone information in utc is ignored (it is treated as a UTC time).

Raises:



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 275

def period_for_utc(utc)            
  raise UnknownTimezone, 'TZInfo::Timezone constructed directly'      
end

#periods_for_local(local) ⇒ Object

Returns the set of TimezonePeriod instances that are valid for the given local time as an array. If you just want a single period, use period_for_local instead and specify how ambiguities should be resolved. Returns an empty array if no periods are found for the given time.

Raises:



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 283

def periods_for_local(local)
  raise UnknownTimezone, 'TZInfo::Timezone constructed directly'
end

#strftime(format, utc = Time.now.utc) ⇒ Object

Converts a time in UTC to local time and returns it as a string according to the given format. The formatting is identical to Time.strftime and DateTime.strftime, except %Z is replaced with the timezone abbreviation for the specified time (for example, EST or EDT).



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 445

def strftime(format, utc = Time.now.utc)      
  period = period_for_utc(utc)
  local = period.to_local(utc)      
  local = Time.at(local).utc unless local.kind_of?(Time) || local.kind_of?(DateTime)
  abbreviation = period.abbreviation.to_s.gsub(/%/, '%%')
  
  format = format.gsub(/(.?)%Z/) do
    if $1 == '%'
      # return %%Z so the real strftime treats it as a literal %Z too
      '%%Z'
    else
      "#$1#{abbreviation}"
    end
  end
  
  local.strftime(format)
end

#to_s ⇒ Object

Returns a friendlier version of the identifier.



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 217

def to_s
  friendly_identifier
end

#utc_to_local(utc) ⇒ Object

Converts a time in UTC to the local timezone. utc can either be a DateTime, Time or timestamp (Time.to_i). The returned time has the same type as utc. Any timezone information in utc is ignored (it is treated as a UTC time).



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# File 'lib/tzinfo/timezone.rb', line 365

def utc_to_local(utc)
  TimeOrDateTime.wrap(utc) {|wrapped|
    period_for_utc(wrapped).to_local(wrapped)
  }
end