From: "F. Senault" <fred@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T03:42:14+09:00
Subject: Re: working around frozen hash

Le 30 juin � 20:12, Dany a �crit :

> But as the output shows, the value is 'frozen' in that library.  I am
> looking for ideas how to workaround my issue.  Any help appreciated.
> BTW, I'm not a programmer and I have not done much with Ruby, yet.

Why don't you change the timezone in the sting beforehand ?

Something like : 

>> date='Fri Jun 20 02:32:28 GST 2008'
=> "Fri Jun 20 02:32:28 GST 2008"
>> DateTime.parse(date.gsub(' GST ', ' UTC+04 ')).zone
=> "+04:00"

Of course, if you need to pase many dates at many points, you can either
redefine your own parsing routine (def DateTime.myparse(...)), or even
patch the DateTime.parse function with via alias and a new definition...

The only relative downside is that it will be a bit slower.

Fred
-- 
You always were the one to show me how   Back then I couldn't do the
things that I can do now   This thing is slowly taking me apart   Grey
would be the color if I had a heart   Come on tell me
                            (Nine Inch Nais, Something I Can Never Have)