Ruby/Rails - Convert Unix Timestamp to HH:MM am/pm with Timezone

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Let's suppose I have the following data:

Unix timestamp: 1388935522

User Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

I currently have the following piece of code,

Time.at(1388935522).strftime("%I:%M %P")

which converts the Unix timestamp.

What is the best way to use the "User Timezone" (currently as a "string") to determine the offset (which would be -8:00) and display the time based upon the user's timezone (7:25 am).

Thanks very much!

Have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19128436/ruby-converting-utc-to-users-time-zone — vee, Jan 05 '14 at 18:11
Or also here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9962038/how-do-i-calculate-the-offset-in-hours-of-a-given-timezone-from-utc-in-ruby — sameers, Jan 05 '14 at 18:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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You have basically two alternatives:

server-side approach
client-side approach using JavaScript

I explained both in this answer no more than a few days ago.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Jan 05 '14 at 18:30

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