Rails Rails skip_before_action callback ignores conditional Before action callback in Rails has support to add conditions like if and unless. The callback is executed only if the conditions evaluate to true. But, skip_before_action callback does not support conditionals. In
Rails Rails parse date time string in UTC zone Sometimes we need to parse a date string in UTC timezone in Ruby. Time.parse considers system time zone whereas we might want to parse time in UTC or some other custom timzone. This
Rails Rails ActiveSupport adds Enumerable#index_with method Rails ActiveSupport Enumerable adds index_with method. This method allows creating hash with a value from block passed or default value. This is useful when we want to create a hash and value needs
Rails Rails set timezone per request Sometimes we need to have a request be processed in a particular timezone in Rails. To set a timezone per request in Rails, we can have an around filter that sets timezone, runs
Rails Rails render 404 not found from a controller action Rails redirects route not found requests to 404.html page. Sometimes, we need to redirect to 404 not found page from a controller action. This can be done by rendering 404.html page or raising
Rails Do not set Time.zone to avoid timezone issues in Rails Setting Time.zone in a Rails application changes time zone globally. Whenever Time.now is used in any other request, it uses whatever Time.zone is set to earlier. To avoid Time.zone issues, do not set
