From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2012-06-09T07:59:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with storing timestamp as datetime object


On Jun 8, 2012, at 15:53, "cyber c." <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. But i see a problem here
> 
> time_1 = File.mtime 'myfile.foo'  # mtime of file
> this returns "Thu Dec 22 16:26:43 -0800 2011"
> time_2 = Time.parse '2012-06-05 14:16:28 UTC'  # from database
> returns "Thu Dec 22 16:26:43 UTC 2011"
> 
> so the UTC and -0800 characters dont match and as a result the strcmp 
> fails.

It isn't a matter of utc vs 0800... Those are completely different times and would fail any equality comparison.