From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2008-02-23T02:43:46+09:00
Subject: Re: DateTime.new vs. DateTime.now

Wes Gamble wrote:
<snip>
> If there is a simpler way to ask for a DateTime object that represents 
> the current, local time, I was unable to find it.
>
> Wes

That is precisely what I get with DateTime.now. Maybe your machine is 
set to GMT?

irb(main):001:0> require 'date'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> d = DateTime.now
=> #<DateTime: 5890846158565549/2400000000,-1/3,2299161>
irb(main):003:0> d.strftime
=> "2008-02-22T09:35:08-08:00"
irb(main):004:0> d.hour
=> 9
irb(main):005:0> d.min
=> 35
irb(main):006:0> d.sec
=> 8
irb(main):007:0> d.zone 
=> "-08:00"


-Justin