From: valodzka <valodzka@...>
Date: 2009-03-23T19:26:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:23005] Re: Ruby Time

> I think you'd better try that anyway.  Tips: don't forget Windows.
I haven't forget about Windows. Windows practicaly always used as a
desktop, so regular updates of timezones database isn't realy
important.

> Soryy, I thought EDT was -0500.  Then can you show me how to generate
> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:00 EST ?

>> TimeZone.local "America/New_York"
=> #<TimeZone: Europe/Athens>
>> Time.local(0, 30, 1, 1, 11, 2009, nil, nil, false, "America/New_York")
=> 2009-11-01 01:30:00 -0500
>> Time.local(0, 30, 1, 1, 11, 2009, nil, nil, true, "America/New_York")
=> 2009-11-01 01:30:00 -0400
These examples use current ruby Time API which, of course, can be
improved.

>>> >>> 2) Time, except small range, remains unportable between different
> >>> platforms.
> >> That's unavoidable.  Time is, or at least has an aspect of, an interface
> >> between ruby and a platform.
> > That's unavoidable only in two places - requiring current time and
> > current time zone. Everything else can be handled (and has handled) in
> > library.
>
> Don't forget there are many methods that return Time objects: File.atime,
> File.mtime, File.ctime, ...
Sorry, I realy forget about this. But, anyway, these results can be
easy converted from and to internal presentation.
--
Pavel