I want to convert the created_at to this format January 12, 2:00 PM PST.
The first step I tried was to convert the created_at field to Pacific Standard Time (PST).
However, I’m stuck – I can’t even get past this step.
I’ve tried these, but neither worked:
Time.parse(self.created_at).in_time_zone('Pacific Time (US & Canada)')
time = Time.parse(self.created_at)
time.in_time_zone('Pacific Time (US & Canada)')
I receive no implicit conversion of ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone into String when I do this.
I based it on these questions:
How do you convert the following time from UTC to EST in Ruby (without Rails)?
How to convert time from UTC to PST in rails
>Solution :
Since it is already a datetime, you should be able to just do this to convert it:
self.created_at.in_time_zone('Pacific Time (US & Canada)')
Don’t forget to save the new time zone to the record in the database.
Time.parse() is meant to convert strings into datetime(https://apidock.com/ruby/v2_5_5/Time/parse/class).