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find_zone!

v5.2.3 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Time

find_zone!(time_zone) public

Returns a TimeZone instance matching the time zone provided. Accepts the time zone in any format supported by Time.zone=. Raises an ArgumentError for invalid time zones.

Time.find_zone! "America/New_York" # => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone @name="America/New_York" ...> Time.find_zone! "EST" # => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone @name="EST" ...> Time.find_zone! -5.hours # => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone @name="Bogota" ...> Time.find_zone! nil # => nil Time.find_zone! false # => false Time.find_zone! "NOT-A-TIMEZONE" # => ArgumentError: Invalid Timezone: NOT-A-TIMEZONE

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb, line 82 def find_zone!(time_zone) if !time_zone || time_zone.is_a?(ActiveSupport::TimeZone) time_zone else # Look up the timezone based on the identifier (unless we've been # passed a TZInfo::Timezone) unless time_zone.respond_to?(:period_for_local) time_zone = ActiveSupport::TimeZone[time_zone] || TZInfo::Timezone.get(time_zone) end # Return if a TimeZone instance, or wrap in a TimeZone instance if a TZInfo::Timezone if time_zone.is_a?(ActiveSupport::TimeZone) time_zone else ActiveSupport::TimeZone.create(time_zone.name, nil, time_zone) end end rescue TZInfo::InvalidTimezoneIdentifier raise ArgumentError, "Invalid Timezone: #{time_zone}" end

find_zone!

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