From: Vardhan Varma <vardhan@...>
Date: 2000-11-23T14:07:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6545] Re: Time Trouble

   looks like daylight savings
   is your timezone set all right ?
--Vardhan

> Hi,
> 
> here I am with my small problems again! =)
> 
> Can someone please explain this result to me:
> 
> irb(main):001:0> 1.upto(12) {|m| puts Time.local(2000, m, 1, 0, 0)}
> Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Sat Apr 01 01:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Mon May 01 01:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Thu Jun 01 01:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Sat Jul 01 01:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Tue Aug 01 01:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Fri Sep 01 01:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Sun Oct 01 01:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> 
> All the Time's that are created in Apr..Oct get an hour
> offset added! So in order to create midnight of, say,
> Sep 21, I have to write:
> 
> irb(main):003:0> puts Time.local(2000, 9, 20, 23, 0)
> Thu Sep 21 00:00:00 GMT+1:00 2000
> 
> Feature or bug?
> 
> If it's a feature, I would say that it clearly violates
> the Principle of Least Surprise. Or does someone have
> an argument that could convince me of the opposite?
> 
> /Niklas
> 
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