in_time_zone(zone = ::Time.zone)
Converts String to a TimeWithZone in the current zone if Time.zone or Time.zone_default is set, otherwise converts String to a Time via String#to_time
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/zones.rb, line 7 def in_time_zone(zone = ::Time.zone) if zone ::Time.find_zone!(zone).parse(self) else to_time end end