From: noreply@...
Date: 2006-05-03T17:26:21+09:00
Subject: [ ruby-Bugs-4345 ] parsedate doesn't work with GMT dates

Bugs item #4345, was opened at 2006-05-03 08:26
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Category: Standard Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Julian Gall (juliangall)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: parsedate doesn't work with GMT dates

Initial Comment:
My time zone is GMT in the UK.

irb(main):020:0> Time.now
=> Wed May 03 09:15:32 GMT Standard Time 2006
irb(main):021:0> ParseDate.parsedate(Time.now.to_s)
=> [nil, 5, 3, 9, 15, 32, "GMT", 3]

The parsedate method has not identified the year (2006). If I replace the "GMT Standard Time" with "EDT", the problem goes away.

irb(main):024:0> Time.now
=> Wed May 03 09:17:19 GMT Standard Time 2006
irb(main):025:0> ParseDate.parsedate(Time.now.to_s.sub!( /GMT Standard Time/, "EDT" ))
=> [2006, 5, 3, 9, 17, 19, "EDT", 3]

It looks as though parsedate is perhaps looking for a single word for the time zone.

Julian Gall

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