From: Greg Lorriman <temp@...>
Date: 2006-03-15T20:58:46+09:00
Subject: Time object problems - 1.8.2

I am trying to efficiently get the date part of a Time object.

To remove the time part of the Time object I subtract the modulo of a
day-in-seconds. But if I do this I get a Time object of the date *plus
1 hour*!!! Perhaps I'm just tired, but I don;t understand why.

ie :

  DAY_IN_SECS=60*60*24;
  t=Time.parse("20-Oct-2005 04:04:00")
  datePart=t-t.to_f.modulo(DAY_IN_SECS);

(and I might apply Time.at to get a Time object rather than a float.)

However, the result of the above is

  20-Oct-2005 01:00:00

instead of 

  20-Oct-2005 00:00:00

Anyone got any ideas?

Greg