how to display timestamp without timezone

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@object.updated_at.localtime displays "2015-04-20 14:39:27 -0700". I don't want to display the -0700, is there a method that will strip out the timezone for display purposes?

possible duplicate of [Ignoring timezones altogether in Rails and PostgreSQL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9571392/ignoring-timezones-altogether-in-rails-and-postgresql) — , Apr 23 '15 at 03:35
that's a great question and answer, but the scope is *much* larger than my question here... I really just needed help on the syntax for formatting .localtime. the answer I got was perfect. — Tim Koelkebeck, May 08 '15 at 22:21

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '15 at 03:43

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@object.updated_at.localtime.strftime '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'

answered Apr 23 '15 at 03:43

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 12 '20 at 10:34

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If you plan to use that format across your app, you might as well create a new time format:

# config/initializers/time_formats.rb
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:no_timezone] = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

Then just use it like this:

Time.now.to_s(:no_timezone)

edited Mar 12 '20 at 10:34

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answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:34

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '17 at 18:55

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You should use I18n.l and define a format in. your language.yml

I18n.l @object.updated_at, format: :my_format

en.yml

en:
  time:
    formats:
      myformat: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"

answered Dec 21 '17 at 18:55

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how to display timestamp without timezone

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en.yml