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Created November 3, 2009 02:17
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just get the time zone from javascript, don't deal with asking
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gistfile1.rb
# in application.js
document.cookie = '_swivel_time_zone=' + new Date().getTimezoneOffset()*-60;
# in application_controller.rb:
before_filter { |controller| Time.zone = ActiveSupport::TimeZone[controller.cookies[:_swivel_time_zone].to_i] if controller.cookies[:_swivel_time_zone] }
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