Strange behavior with Time parsing in Ruby 3.1 when using custom formats
I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with I'm migrating some code and Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy. I'm experiencing an scenario with parsing time strings in Ruby 3.1 using custom formats. I've defined a specific format for a date string that includes timezone information, but when I try to parse it, the result seems to ignore the timezone and returns the time in UTC instead. My date string looks like this: `"2023-10-01 15:00:00 -0700"`. Here’s my code snippet where I'm trying to parse the date: ```ruby require 'time' date_string = '2023-10-01 15:00:00 -0700' parsed_time = Time.strptime(date_string, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z') puts parsed_time ``` When I run this, the output is `2023-10-01 15:00:00 UTC`, which is not what I expected. I would like it to retain the local timezone of `-0700` and reflect that in the output. I’ve also tried using `Time.parse` but encountered the same scenario. I checked the documentation and ensured I'm using the correct format specifiers. Is there a specific way to handle time zones in Ruby that I might be missing? I’ve tested this on both Ruby 3.1 and 3.0, and the behavior is consistent across versions. Any insights would be appreciated! This is part of a larger CLI tool I'm building. I'm working in a Windows 11 environment. This is for a mobile app running on Ubuntu 22.04. I appreciate any insights!