From: rretzbach <rretzbach@...>
Date: 2007-03-08T17:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Convert country name to country code

On 8 Mrz., 04:39, Petr Janda <p...@punchyouremployer.com> wrote:
> Ive got the TZInfo library installed, and I am able to convert a country
> code into country name, but I want to do it the other way around. Is it
> possible?
>
> Thanks,
> Petr
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I just took a small glimpse on the API doc and think it's not possible
with tzlib, cause they have a countries hash in the Form: {code =>
name}

add the following method to country.rb:

    def self.get_code(identifier)
      load_index
      Indexes::Countries.countries.keys.find{|code| a[code] ==
identifier}
    end

Then you should be able to do Country.get_code("Germany").
Good luck :)