Is Time.zone.now.to_date equivalent to Date.today?

Question

Is Time.zone.now.to_date equivalent to Date.today?

Another way to put it: will Time.zone.now.to_date == Date.today always be true?

If not, what's the best way to get a Date object corresponding to "now" in the application time zone?

Answer 1

They are certainly not equivalent in terms of being the "same":

>> Time.zone.now.class
=> ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

irb(main):007:0> Date.today.class
=> Date

However, they are very loosely equivalent in returning the same date (not time) information:

irb(main):014:0> Date.today.to_s
=> "2009-12-20"

>> Time.zone.now
=> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:48:05 UTC +00:00