From: Dan Quach <lists@...>
Date: 2012-08-30T09:32:15+09:00
Subject: how do extract timezone from datetime object?

I'm working on an external interface where a partner website is giving
us date time as strings.

>> dt = DateTime.parse( "Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:26:44 -0700" )
=> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:26:44 -0700
>> dt.strftime( "%z" )
=> "-0700"

What I have to do is extract the UTC time zone.  So in the prior example
I need an integer of -7. (UTC-7) in this scenario.

Is there some easy way of doing this?

thanks!

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