undefined local variable or method `set_timezone' for controller error in ruby on rails

Question

I'm setting a timezone for the users using ENV["TZ"] = time_zone where time_zone is that user time zone.I also have a column in table named 'time_zone' where that user's timezone is saved.
Now i want to retrieve the event of that users in his time zone.
To retrieve my code in the model:

  def set_timezone
   Time.zone = current_user.time_zone || "Asia/Kolkata"
  end

My controller:

before_filter :set_timezone

But i'm getting this error undefined local variable or method 'set_timezone' for SchedulersController:0x533fa78
Any Idea what could be the issue?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '12 at 10:53

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You can also pass a closure/block as an argument to before_filter, like this:

before_filter do
  Time.zone = current_user.time_zone || "Asia/Kolkata"
end

answered Nov 15 '12 at 10:53

Dan K.K.

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Nope, it's a controller behavior :) – Dan K.K. Nov 15 '12 at 10:56
Now i'm getting undefined method timezone – Sachin Prasad Nov 15 '12 at 10:59
Did you mean `current_user.time_zone`? – Dan K.K. Nov 15 '12 at 11:00
This "undefined method `time_zone' for #" – Sachin Prasad Nov 15 '12 at 11:01
Your should define this method or property in your `User` model – Dan K.K. Nov 15 '12 at 11:02
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I think you want keep `User`'s time_zone as a persistent property, so add it in your migration that creates user fields in database, it will automatically add setter/getter methods to your model. – Dan K.K. Nov 15 '12 at 11:07
Managing timezone is spinning my head is there any material or notes i can refer to? – Sachin Prasad Nov 15 '12 at 11:23
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I found a similar question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4269270/rails-3-setting-the-timezone-to-the-current-users-timezone – Dan K.K. Nov 15 '12 at 11:26
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And you also can read this article: http://databasically.com/2010/10/22/what-time-is-it-or-handling-timezones-in-rails/ – Dan K.K. Nov 15 '12 at 11:28

undefined local variable or method `set_timezone' for controller error in ruby on rails

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