From: "Thomas A. Moulton" Date: 2011-01-16T22:50:48+09:00 Subject: Re: Dealing with TimeZones Yes, but to get the update my program would need to re-load, not to mention I would have to manually, I would often forget, which defeats the purpose Tom "Jonas Pfenniger (zimbatm)" wrote: >Hi Thomas, > >I would take a look at TZInfo again. Since it's used by rails, it >should be pretty reliable. >But I didn't really get the static code vs live data reflection. The >tables need to be updated once in a while, but that is fixed by >upgrading the gem. Is this what you mean ? > >http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/doc/ > >Cheers, > zimbatm > >2011/1/15 Thomas A. Moulton : >> What is the easies to use package for dealing with time zones and DST >> changes? >> >> I just need to be able to track when to start various activities >bases on >> local times. >> >> The problem is I have to trace a few time zones. >> >> It looks like TZFile will do the job, but I am not sure how stable it >is. >> (It uses the zone files on the local system) >> >> http://www.a-k-r.org/ruby-tzfile/ >> >> Or maybe there are other packages I have over looked. >> >> I did look at TZinfo, but is seems to be static code not live data. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> tom >> >> -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.