Rails 4, Heroku, Comparing times not working - postgresql

Question

Using Heroku, I am trying to compare a saved times (open and close) of a place to the current time to determine what to output.
Code:
def get_place_search_display(open_time, close_time)
open_time_formatted = open_time.strftime('%l:%M %p') if !open_time.nil?
close_time_formatted = close_time.strftime('%l:%M %p') if !close_time.nil?
current_time = Time.current #.strftime('%l:%M %p')
if open_time.nil? || close_time.nil?
"Closed today"
elsif current_time < open_time
"Opens at #{open_time} until #{close_time}"
elsif current_time >= open_time && current_time <= close_time
"Open #{open_time} - #{close_time}"
elsif current_time > close_time
"Closed at #{close_time} today"
else
"Open until #{close_time} today"
end
end
Example returned values:
Open time: 7:00 AM
Close time: 8:45 PM, 2000-01-01 20:45:00 UTC
Current time: 6:35 PM, 2014-09-07 18:35:36 -0700
Returns: "Closed at 2000-01-01 20:45:00 UTC today"
Any ideas what the comparison isn't working using this logic?

Answer 1

Looking at the term "today" in your output string, and also the '%l:%M %p' in your time formatting method, I assume you are trying to compare Time objects without Date info
However in Ruby, Time object always comes with date. But you can achieve that by converting them into the same day before comparing them.
a = Time.current
=> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:30:44 UTC +00:00
b = Time.current.months_ago(1)
=> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 02:30:59 UTC +00:00
a > b
=> true
a2 = a.change(day:1, month:1, year:2000)
=> Sat, 01 Jan 2000 02:30:44 UTC +00:00
b2 = b.change(day:1, month:1, year:2000)
=> Sat, 01 Jan 2000 02:30:59 UTC +00:00
a2 > b2
=> false
Hope it helps.