Rails timezone - different results between localhost and production server

Question

I've got a search for records by Date, and the results vary by a day between my localhost and the server.

Both have the same date:

Server: Tue 7 Apr 2015 11:04:53 MDT Localhost: Tue Apr 7 11:05:40 MDT 2015

Application.rb:

    config.time_zone = 'Mountain Time (US & Canada)'
    config.active_record.default_timezone = 'Mountain Time (US & Canada)'

Query:

@beginning_of_week = Date.today.beginning_of_week
@behind = Section.where(trade_id: current_user.trade_id).
                        where("DATE(date) < ?", @beginning_of_week).
                        where("complete = false").
                        count

Both environments show the same date for @beginning_of_week - 2015-04-06

Any ideas how I can further trouble shoot this?

Answer 1

Date.today should not be used, because it completely ignores time zones. Always use Time.zone.today or Date.current instead.