From: nobu@... Date: 2015-12-01T09:55:09+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:71777] [Ruby trunk - Bug #11755] [Third Party's Issue] ENV['TZ'] timezone Issue #11755 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada. Status changed from Feedback to Third Party's Issue It's the convention. ---------------------------------------- Bug #11755: ENV['TZ'] timezone https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11755#change-55186 * Author: Jon Xie * Status: Third Party's Issue * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * ruby -v: 2.2.3 * Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- ~~~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? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/