Issue #6385 has been updated by jonforums (Jon Forums). This oddity on Win7 32bit may be related... C:\Users\Jon\Documents\RubyDev\sandbox>ruby --version ruby 1.9.3p202 (2012-04-27 revision 35484) [i386-mingw32] C:\Users\Jon\Documents\RubyDev\sandbox>ripl >> open('tst', 'w') { |f| f.write '123' } => 3 >> atime = Time.utc(2012) => 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC >> mtime = Time.utc(2011) => 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC >> File.utime(atime, mtime, 'tst') => 1 >> s = File.stat('tst') => #<File::Stat dev=0x2, ino=0, mode=0100644, nlink=1, uid=0, gid=0, rdev=0x2, size=3, blksize=nil, blocks=nil, atime=2011-12-31 18:00:00 -0500, mtime=2010-12-31 18:00:00 -0500, ctime=2012-05-03 16:26:21 -0400> >> atime => 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC >> s.atime => 2011-12-31 18:00:00 -0500 >> mtime => 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC >> s.mtime => 2010-12-31 18:00:00 -0500 And I've noticed this as part of `make test-all TESTS='pathname'` 14) Failure: test_utime(TestPathname) [c:/Users/Jon/Documents/RubyDev/ruby-git/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb:934]: <2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC> expected but was <1999-12-31 18:00:00 -0500>. ---------------------------------------- Bug #6385: mtime vie File.stat(filename).utime vs File.open(filename, 'r').mtime in Windows https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6385#change-26431 Author: kolmanv (Kolman Vornovitsky) Status: Feedback Priority: Normal Assignee: usa (Usaku NAKAMURA) Category: core Target version: ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20) [i386-mingw32] =begin Seems that File.stat is not working well under Windows, specifically the mtime member. This thing maybe related to local time (timezones) which should not because time which is used is unixtime. On Mac works fine. Windows: ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20) [i386-mingw32] Mac: ruby 1.9.3p202 (2012-04-27 revision 35484) [x86_64-darwin11.3.0] To reproduce: RESOURCES_DIR = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/test") MOD_TIME_CONTENTS = Time.at 1306527039 def test_local_os Dir.mkdir(RESOURCES_DIR) unless (File.exists?(RESOURCES_DIR)) file_path = "#{RESOURCES_DIR}/local_os_test.test" file = File.open(file_path, "w", 0777) do |file| file.puts("kuku") end file_stats = File.stat(file_path) p "MOD_TIME_CONTENTS: #{MOD_TIME_CONTENTS}." p "MOD_TIME_CONTENTS: #{MOD_TIME_CONTENTS.to_i}." p "file_stat.mtime: #{file_stats.mtime}." p "file_stat.mtime: #{file_stats.mtime.to_i}." p "File.mtime: #{File.mtime(file_path)}." p "File.mtime: #{File.mtime(file_path).to_i}." File.utime File.atime(file_path), MOD_TIME_CONTENTS, file_path file_stats = File.stat(file_path) p "file_stat.mtime: #{file_stats.mtime}." p "file_stat.mtime: #{file_stats.mtime.to_i}." p "File.mtime: #{File.mtime(file_path)}." p "File.mtime: #{File.mtime(file_path).to_i}." file_mtime = nil file = File.open(file_path, 'r') do |file| p "file.open.mtime = #{file.mtime}" p "file.open.mtime = #{file.mtime.to_i}" file_mtime = file.mtime end assert_equal(MOD_TIME_CONTENTS, file_mtime) # !!! This fails on windows with different timezone assert_equal(MOD_TIME_CONTENTS, file_stats.mtime) end Second assertion fails: 1) Failure: test_local_os(BBFS::FileUtils::Test::TestTimeModification) [test/file_utils/time_modification_test.rb:89]: <2011-05-27 20:10:39 +0000> expected but was <2011-05-27 18:10:39 +0000>. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/