Ruby on Rails

UTC for everything, always. Localize the time in rails on the front-
end, but always store and compare in UTC on the back-end.
Trust me, it will make your life a lot easier.

On Oct 25, 9:52 am, Tom Allison <t...@tacocat.net> wrote:
> Just realized I have a nice problem.
>
> using Postgresql...
>
> When I save something via Rails to the table it's saved with a GMT
> offset (so 12:00 becomes 16:00)
> But the database is configured to save everything as GMT.
>
> Which means -- when I query it via SQL it's coming back as now + 4
> hours instead of just plain now.
>
> Where/How do I get this back in sync?

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