From: Dan Fitzpatrick <dan@...>
Date: 2009-09-19T12:04:09+09:00
Subject: Time.new.utc Question

Can anyone explain the following?

 >> local = Time.new; utc = Time.new.utc
=> Sat Sep 19 02:42:40 UTC 2009
 >> local
=> Fri Sep 18 20:42:40 -0600 2009
 >> utc
=> Sat Sep 19 02:42:40 UTC 2009
 >> local.strftime('%s').to_i
=> 1253328160
 >> utc.strftime('%s').to_i
=> 1253353360
 >> (local.strftime('%s').to_i - utc.strftime('%s').to_i)/60/60
=> -7

Why is the time printed 6 hours apart but in unix time it is 7 hours  
apart? Is it a DST issue?

Thanks,

Dan