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KamSami
KamSami

Reputation: 407

Timezone comparison in UTC returning true when expecting false

I'm trying to do a time zone comparison

time_finished = "2020-10-15 18:30:00 -0700"
time_finished.to_datetime > Time.zone.now.utc

both time_finished is already in UTC which I am trying to compare to current time

2020-10-27T00:00:00-07:00 > 2020-10-27 02:57:01 UTC

I get true when I'm expecting a false. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 42

Answers (1)

Sampat Badhe
Sampat Badhe

Reputation: 9075

time_finished is not in UTC if you convert it to UTC then it is greater than current UTC time, which is why it is returning true

irb(main):001:0> time_finished = "2020-10-27T00:00:00-07:00"
=> "2020-10-27T00:00:00-07:00"
irb(main):002:0> time_finished.to_datetime
=> Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700
irb(main):003:0> time_finished.to_datetime.utc
=> 2020-10-27 07:00:00 UTC

Upvotes: 2

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