Ruby | DateTime zone() function

DateTime#zone() : zone() is a DateTime class method which returns the time zone for a given DateTime object.

Syntax: DateTime.zone()

Parameter: DateTime values

Return: the time zone for a given DateTime object.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for DateTime.zone() method

# loading library
require 'date'

# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9)

# declaring DateTime value
date_b = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10.5)

# declaring DateTime value
date_c = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9, Rational(4, 24))


#  zone method
puts "DateTime zone form : #{date_a.zone}\n\n"

puts "DateTime zone form : #{date_b.zone}\n\n"

puts "DateTime zone form : #{date_c.zone}\n\n"

Output :

DateTime zone form : +00:00

DateTime zone form : +00:00

DateTime zone form : +04:00

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for DateTime.zone() method

# loading library
require 'date'

# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10, 5)

# declaring DateTime value
date_b = DateTime.parse('10 Aug 2018 04:10:06+04:30')

# declaring DateTime value
date_c = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9, '+03:00')


#  zone method
puts "DateTime zone form : #{date_a.zone}\n\n"

puts "DateTime zone form : #{date_b.zone}\n\n"

puts "DateTime zone form : #{date_c.zone}\n\n"

Output :

DateTime zone form : +00:00

DateTime zone form : +04:30

DateTime zone form : +03:00