From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2012-11-12T23:45:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Convert date to string

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:23 AM,  <sto.mar@web.de> wrote:

>> t1=Time::parse(current_date+' '+current_time)

I think that should be DateTime::parse, but ...

> Simply use `t1 = Time.new', which returns the current system time.

The OP should be aware that parsing a time out of a string value as
we're doing here will, in the absence of any timezone data, assume a
TZ offset of 0 (UTC/GMT).

1.9.3 (main):0 > DateTime::parse(remote_date+' '+remote_time).to_s
=> "2012-11-11T17:57:05+00:00"
1.9.3 (main):0 >

Time.new will use the system TZ offset, e.g. -0800 for me here on the
West Coast.

1.9.3 (main):0 > Time.new
=> 2012-11-12 06:37:58 -0800

So if you're trying to compare 2 times, make sure they're using the
same TZ offset as well, or your results will be, erm, suspect :-)

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