From: Stuart Clarke <stuart.clarke1986@...>
Date: 2010-08-21T06:46:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Dealing with dates & timezones

Brian Candler wrote:

> 
> Just sub out the "o'clock" and you should be fine.
> 
>>> require 'time'
> => true
>>> t = Time.parse("Sunday, 15 August 2010 05:46:50 BST")
> => Sun Aug 15 05:46:50 +0100 2010
>>> t.gmtime
> => Sun Aug 15 04:46:50 UTC 2010
>>> t.localtime
> => Sun Aug 15 05:46:50 +0100 2010
>>> t.zone
> => "BST"
> 
>> I want basically out these dates as follows, applying the necessary time
>> zone bias:
>> 
>> 15/08/2010 06:46:50 (because it is BST we add the hour)
> 
> I think you have made a mistake there.
> 
> If the time is 05:46:50 BST, as the original string said, then that's 
> the time in BST.
> 
> Since BST is GMT+1 (in the summer anyway), then the time is also 
> 04:46:50 in GMT.
> 
> It is 06:46:50 local time in France (Western European Time, GMT+2 in 
> summer)
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Brian.

Yeah sorry, got my words tangled up regarding + and - of hours.

I will give this a try.

Many thanks
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