Issue #7445 has been updated by charliesome (Charlie Somerville). File bug-7445.patch added I've attached a patch that fixes this. ---------------------------------------- Bug #7445: strptime('%s %z') doesn't work https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7445#change-34040 Author: felipec (Felipe Contreras) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p327 See: ruby -e "require 'date'; p DateTime.strptime('0 +0100', '%s %z').strftime('%s %z')" The timezone is ignored. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/