From: "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...>
Date: 2004-02-25T11:53:08+09:00
Subject: Re: date/format.rb fix

Hi,

> From: "Brad Hilton" <bhilton@vpop.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:19 AM

> The _parse() function of date/format.rb does not handle fractions of
> seconds.  Eg, the string
> 
> 2004-02-12 12:23:45.581297-07
> 
> causes the parser to miss the timezone offset.

You got that right.

> A simple change to the regex can fix this:

> -               /(\d+):(\d+)(?::(\d+))?
> +               /(\d+):(\d+)(?::(\d+)(?:\.\d+)?)?

Drop fractions?

  /(\d+):(\d+)(?::(\d+(?:\.\d+)?))?

Could be better but I don't know how we treat $3 string.
$3 is converted to Integer via to_i now.  Float? Rational?

The author Funaba-san merely seen in this ML.  I'll forward it
some later date.

Regards,
// NaHi