How to convert a unix timestamp (seconds since epoch) to Ruby DateTime?

Sorry, brief moment of synapse failure. Here's the real answer. require 'date' Time.at(seconds_since_epoch_integer).to_datetime Brief example (this takes into account the current system timezone): $ date +%s 1318996912 $ irb ruby-1.9.2-p180 :001 > require 'date' => true ruby-1.9.2-p180 :002 > Time.at(1318996912).to_datetime => #<DateTime: 2011-10-18T23:01:52-05:00 (13261609807/5400,-5/24,2299161)>