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Setting timezones locally in Ruby
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set_time_zone.rb
def with_time_zone(tz_name)
prev_tz = ENV['TZ']
ENV['TZ'] = tz_name
yield
ensure
ENV['TZ'] = prev_tz
end
with_time_zone('Asia/Singapore') { Chronic.parse("this week Monday 21:00") }
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