Method: Time#localtime

Defined in:

time.c

#localtime ⇒ self, Time #localtime(zone) ⇒ Time

With no argument given:

• Returns self if self is a local time.

• Otherwise returns a new Time in the user’s local timezone:

  t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1) # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
  t.localtime                         # => 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600
  

With argument zone given, returns the new Time object created by converting self to the given time zone:

t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1) # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
t.localtime("-09:00")               # => 2000-01-01 11:15:01 -0900

For forms of argument zone, see Timezone Specifiers.

Overloads:

• #localtime ⇒ self, Time

  Returns:

  • (self, Time)
• #localtime(zone) ⇒ Time

  Returns:

  • (Time)

# File 'time.c', line 4153

static VALUE
time_localtime_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time)
{
    VALUE off;

    if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) && !NIL_P(off = argv[0])) {
        return time_zonelocal(time, off);
    }

    return time_localtime(time);
}