title: Rails dates in rails console
body: <p>My app create and save events with form into a mysql database. I use something like that </p>
  
  <pre><code>event = Event.new .... start_date: Time.now ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm french, my local time is GMT + 200, and Time.now use local Time machine.
  But in rails console i have a problem, for example if i create an event at <strong>2016-09-12 18:30:00</strong> when i run </p>
  
  <pre><code>Event.all 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in rails console i see :</p>
  
  <pre><code>#... &lt;Event id: 5 ... start_date: 2016-09-12 16:30:00 ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i have 2 hour lag, but when i do</p>
  
  <pre><code>e = Event.find 5
  e.start_date
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i have result</p>
  
  <pre><code>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:30:00 CEST +02:00
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The good time.
  I see mysql log and my request insert the correct date :</p>
  
  <pre><code>INSERT INTO `events` ... 2016-09-12 18:30:00'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I precise my app works perfectly, i just want to understand that.
  Thanks </p>
  
  <p><em>Edit #1</em> 
  Content of my <strong>config/application.rb</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>config.active_record.default_timezone = :local
  config.time_zone = 'Paris'
  </code></pre>