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bmalets edited this page Jul 20, 2015 · 4 revisions

1. Get local time of some address

WhichTime.in somewhere, api_key: google_api_key

or

WhichTime.in somewhere, api_key: google_api_key, time: your_time

or

WhichTime.in somewhere, api_key: google_api_key, time: your_time, http_proxy: proxy_url
  • "somewhere" - may be an address or some place ("Lviv city, Naykova str." or "'Naturlih' pub, Kyiv" e.g.)
  • "google_api_key" - API_KEY of Google application with an access to TimeZone and Geocoding API
  • "your_time" - is not mandatory (Time.now is default)
  • "proxy_url" - proxy host with port ( is not mandatory, 'https://fooproxy.com:8080' etc.)

examples:

  WhichTime.in "Kyiv, pub 'Naturlih'", api_key: "AIzaSyCqfXRRJ1d8mCS_I0Kcs4XnaZ9KYRUrJVE"
  # => 2015-07-06 03:53:10 +0300
  WhichTime.in "Kyiv", api_key: "AIzaSyCqfXRRJ1d8mCS_I0Kcs4XnaZ9KYRUrJVE", time: 2.days.ago
  # => 2015-07-04 03:53:10 +0300

2. Get local time of some address (variant 2)

WhichTime.new( somewhere, api_key: google_api_key, time: your_time ).time
# => 2015-07-06 03:53:10 +0300 

3. Get timezone of some place/address/city/country

WhichTime.new( somewhere, api_key: google_api_key ).timezone

examples:

  WhichTime.new("Kyiv, pub 'Naturlih'", api_key: "AIzaSyCqfXRRJ1d8mCS_I0Kcs4XnaZ9KYRUrJVE").timezone
  WhichTime.in("Kyiv", api_key: "AIzaSyCqfXRRJ1d8mCS_I0Kcs4XnaZ9KYRUrJVE").timezone
  # => "Europe/Kiev"

4. Get coordinates of some place/address/location

WhichTime.new( somewhere, api_key: google_api_key ).location
# => {"lat"=>50.4501, "lng"=>30.5234}

5. Get coordinates of some place/address/location (variant 2)

WhichTime.new( somewhere, api_key: google_api_key ).coordinates
# => "50.4501,30.5234"