add full IANA time zone support

2014-06-06 14:53:33 -04:00
parent 341a49d3e9
commit 5f69a17f9e
4 changed files with 13 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@ -315,7 +315,11 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
    # set timezone correctly
    def set_time_zone
      if params[:timezone].present?
-        Time.zone = ActiveSupport::TimeZone::MAPPING.key(params[:timezone])
+        begin
+          Time.zone = TZInfo::Timezone.get(params[:timezone])
+        rescue
+          Time.zone = 'UTC'
+        end
      elsif params[:offset].present?
        Time.zone = set_timezone_from_offset(params[:offset])
      elsif current_user.present?