From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2008-08-22T18:11:46+09:00
Subject: Re: DateTime in UTC

From: bcparanj@gmail.com [mailto:bcparanj@gmail.com] 
# >> d = DateTime.new(2008,8, 20, 12, 15)
# => Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:00 +0000

compare,

> d = Time.utc(2008,8, 20, 12, 15)
=> Wed Aug 20 12:15:00 UTC 2008