From: xiejiangzhi@...
Date: 2015-12-01T06:05:54+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:71772] [Ruby trunk - Bug #11755] ENV['TZ'] timezone

Issue #11755 has been updated by Jon Xie.


Matthew Kerwin wrote:
> Jon Xie wrote:
> > What reason is this excuse me?
> 
> Presumably you took 12 seconds between the first two commands, and then another 6 between the second and third. The clock keeps on ticking...

I'm sorry, I didn't describe clearly....

I think timezone should be  '+0800'

~~~
ENV['TZ'] = 'GMT+8'; Time.now
 => 2015-12-01 11:35:06 +0800
~~~

And then it was '-0800 '

~~~
ENV['TZ'] = 'GMT+8'; Time.now
 => 2015-11-30 19:35:18 -0800
~~~

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Bug #11755: ENV['TZ'] timezone
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11755#change-55182

* Author: Jon Xie
* Status: Feedback
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* ruby -v: 2.2.3
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN
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~~~ruby
2.2.3 :001 > Time.now
 => 2015-12-01 11:35:06 +0800 
2.2.3 :002 > ENV['TZ'] = 'GMT+8'; Time.now
 => 2015-11-30 19:35:18 -0800 
2.2.3 :003 > ENV['TZ'] = 'GMT-8'; Time.now
 => 2015-12-01 11:35:24 +0800
~~~

Why is this so?



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