ActiveRecord timezone without rails

Question

I am using ActiveRecord in a non-rails project. In rails I can do:

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

But if I am not using rails, how can I set the timezone?

Answer 1

ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'

Answer 2

ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone = :local

also works for me.