method

to_time

v8.0.0 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

to_time()

public

Returns an instance of Time, either with the same timezone as self, 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 493
    def to_time
      if preserve_timezone == :zone
        @to_time_with_timezone ||= getlocal(time_zone)
      elsif 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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