Rspec.rb

  it "should return contest_ends_at in the proper time zone" do
    e = Factory(:event)
    e.contest_ends_at.utc_oftset.should == Time.zone.utc_offset
  end

NoMethodError: undefined method `utc_oftset' for Mon Mar 01 15:59:59 UTC 2010:Time

Test1.rb

#in the console
>> e.contest_ends_at.utc_offset == Time.zone.utc_offset
=> true

TimeZonesAreAGhetto.rb

>> e.contest_ends_at.zone
=> "PST"
>> e.contest_ends_at.class
=> ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

>> Time.zone.name
=> "Pacific Time (US & Canada)"

>> Time.zone.now.zone
=> "PST"

>> Time.zone.abbreviation
NoMethodError: undefined method `abbreviation' for #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone:0x101e20c28>