Times are now rendered using the browsers time zone (#2438)

Gemfile

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ gem 'google-cloud-storage', '~> 1.26'
 
 gem 'pluck_to_hash', '~> 1.0.2'
 
+gem 'local_time', '~> 2.1.0'
+
 group :production do
   # Use a postgres database in production.
   gem 'pg', '~> 0.18'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ GEM
     listen (3.0.8)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
+    local_time (2.1.0)
     lograge (0.11.2)
       actionpack (>= 4)
       activesupport (>= 4)
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jquery-rails (~> 4.4)
   jquery-ui-rails
   listen (~> 3.0.5)
+  local_time (~> 2.1.0)
   lograge
   net-ldap
   omniauth

app/assets/javascripts/application.js

@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@
 //= require jquery-ui/widgets/sortable
 //= require pickr.min.js
 //= require bootstrap-select.min.js
+//= require local-time
 //= require_tree .

app/helpers/admins_helper.rb

@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ module AdminsHelper
     @running_room_bbb_ids.include?(id)
   end
 
-  # Returns a more friendly/readable date time object
-  def friendly_time(date)
-    return "" if date.nil? # Handle invalid dates
-
-    I18n.l date, format: "%B %d, %Y %H:%M UTC"
-  end
-
   # Site Settings
 
   def admin_invite_registration

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -135,4 +135,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def show_signin
     !@hide_signin.present?
   end
+
+  # Returns a more friendly/readable date time object
+  def view_date(date)
+    return "" if date.nil? # Handle invalid dates
+    local_time(date)
+  end
 end

app/helpers/recordings_helper.rb

@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 # with BigBlueButton; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 module RecordingsHelper
-  # Helper for converting BigBlueButton dates into the desired format.
-  def recording_date(date)
-    I18n.l date, format: "%B %d, %Y"
-  end
-
   # Helper for converting BigBlueButton dates into a nice length string.
   def recording_length(playbacks)
     # Looping through playbacks array and returning first non-zero length value

app/views/admins/components/_invited_users_table.html.erb

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                       <div><%= user.email %></div>
                     </td>
                     <td>
-                      <div><%= friendly_time(user.updated_at) %></div>
+                      <div><%= view_date(user.updated_at) %></div>
                     </td>
                     <td>
                       <div>

app/views/admins/components/_manage_users_table.html.erb

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                   <tr data-user-uid="<%= user.uid %>">
                     <td>
                       <div><%= user.name %></div>
-                      <div class="small text-muted"><%= [t("administrator.users.table.created"), ": ", user.created_at].join %></div>
+                      <div class="small text-muted"><%= [t("administrator.users.table.created"), ": ", view_date(user.created_at)].join.html_safe %></div>
                     </td>
                     <td class="user-email"><%= user.email && user.email != "" ? user.email : user.username%></td>
                     <td><%= user.provider %></td>

app/views/admins/components/_server_recording_row.html.erb

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <a><i id="edit-record" class="fa fa-edit align-top ml-2" data-edit-recordid="<%= recording[:recordID] %>"></i></a>
     </div>
     <div class="small text-muted">
-      <%= t("recording.recorded_on", date: recording_date(recording[:startTime])) %>
+      <%= t("recording.recorded_on", date: view_date(recording[:startTime])).html_safe %>
     </div>
     <div class="small text-muted">
       <%= recording_owner_email(recording[:meetingID]) %>

app/views/admins/components/_server_room_row.html.erb

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
     <div class="small text-muted">
       <% running = room_is_running(room.bbb_id) %>
       <% if running %>
-         <%= t("administrator.rooms.table.started", session: friendly_time(room.last_session)) %>
+         <%= t("administrator.rooms.table.started", session: view_date(room.last_session)).html_safe %>
       <% elsif room.last_session.present? %>
-        <%= t("administrator.rooms.table.ended", session: friendly_time(room.last_session)) %>
+        <%= t("administrator.rooms.table.ended", session: view_date(room.last_session)).html_safe %>
       <% else %>
-        <%= [t("administrator.users.table.created"), ": ", friendly_time(room.created_at)].join %>
+        <%= [t("administrator.users.table.created"), ": ", view_date(room.created_at)].join.html_safe %>
       <% end %>
     </div>
   </td>

app/views/rooms/components/_room_block.html.erb

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="small text-muted">
             <% if room.sessions > 0 %>
-              <i><%= t("room.last_session", session: recording_date(room.last_session)) %></i>
+              <i><%= t("room.last_session", session: view_date(room.last_session)).html_safe %></i>
             <% else %>
               <i><%= t("room.no_sessions") %></i>
             <% end %>

app/views/shared/components/_public_recording_row.html.erb

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         </span>
     </div>
     <div class="small text-muted">
-      <%= t("recording.recorded_on", date: recording_date(recording[:startTime])) %>
+      <%= t("recording.recorded_on", date: view_date(recording[:startTime])).html_safe %>
     </div>
   </td>
   <% if recording_thumbnails? %>

app/views/shared/components/_recording_row.html.erb

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       <a><i id="edit-record" class="fa fa-edit align-top ml-2" data-edit-recordid="<%= recording[:recordID] %>"></i></a>
     </div>
     <div class="small text-muted">
-      <%= t("recording.recorded_on", date: recording_date(recording[:startTime])) %>
+      <%= t("recording.recorded_on", date: view_date(recording[:startTime])).html_safe %>
     </div>
   </td>
   <% if recording_thumbnails? %>

spec/helpers/recordings_helper_spec.rb

@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
 describe RecordingsHelper do
-  describe "#recording_date" do
-    it "formats the date" do
-      date = DateTime.parse("2019-03-28 19:35:15 UTC")
-      expect(helper.recording_date(date)).to eql("March 28, 2019")
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "#recording_length" do
     it "returns the time if length > 60" do
       playbacks = [{ type: "test", length: 85 }]