method

to_time

v3.2.8 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

to_time()

public

A TimeWithZone acts like a Time, so just return self.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb, line 287
    def to_time
      utc
    end

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