From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2010-09-01T06:22:49+09:00 Subject: Re: Time.local and offsets On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Brian Candler wrote: > Sorry, I should engage brain before typing. Jan 1st is not in the > summer, and you are in Western Europe. Also, although daylight saving time WAS initiated as a war time measure, the war was WW I, it was the Germans and their allies who started it but Britain and other countries soon followed suit. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Github: http://github.com/rubyredrick Twitter: @RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale