method

to_time

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

to_time()

public

Returns an instance of Time, either with the same UTC offset as self or in the local system timezone depending on the setting of ActiveSupport.to_time_preserves_timezone.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb, line 485
    def to_time
      if preserve_timezone
        @to_time_with_instance_offset ||= getlocal(utc_offset)
      else
        @to_time_with_system_offset ||= getlocal
      end
    end

1Note

Actually one can see from the source that it just calls utc

dancinglightning · Nov 24, 2012

From utc:

Returns a Time or DateTime instance that represents the time in UTC.

Seems to have changed in 3.1.0

to_time

1Note

Actually one can see from the source that it just calls utc

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