From: "arjan0307 (Arjan Diepenbroek)" Date: 2013-05-07T19:32:12+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:54848] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8376][Open] utc method changes original time object Issue #8376 has been reported by arjan0307 (Arjan Diepenbroek). ---------------------------------------- Bug #8376: utc method changes original time object https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8376 Author: arjan0307 (Arjan Diepenbroek) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: 1.8.7, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN The utc method changes the original time object when called. For example when on a system with a CET timezone. t = Time.new(2013) t.zone # CET t.utc t.zone # UTC -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/