From: Benoit Daloze <eregontp@...>
Date: 2010-06-09T19:59:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:30693] Re: [Bug #3411] Time.local 1916,5,1 #=> 	1916-04-30 23:00:00 +0100

Hi,
On 9 June 2010 11:01, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: [ruby-core:30683] Re: [Bug #3411] Time.local 1916,5,1 #=> � � � 1916-04-30 23:00:00 +0100"
> � �on Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:21:37 +0900, Tanaka Akira <akr@fsij.org> writes:
>
> |This shows that a second after 1916-04-30 23:59:59 is 1916-05-01 01:00:00.
> |
> |So, it is difficult to define the result of Time.local(1916,5,1).
> |
> |It seems Ruby 1.9.1 interpretes it as 1 second after 1916-04-30 23:59:59.
> |It seems Ruby 1.9.2 interpretes it as 1 hour before 1916-05-01 01:00:00.
>
> I prefer the 1.9.1 behavior (or something like it), because the result
> differs from the specified date in the latter case.
>
> � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �matz.

I do prefer the 1.9.1 behavior too, because it is more intuitive and
consistent to keep the good day.
Are they any downside ? Why did it changed ?

B.D.