注意fine 1.8.7 manual 没有提到%z:
...
%w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)
%x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time
%X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date
%y - Year without a century (00..99)
%Y - Year with century
%Z - Time zone name
%% - Literal ``%'' character
但1.9.3 version 确实记录了对%z 的支持:
Time zone:
%z - Time zone as hour and minute offset from UTC (e.g. +0900)
%:z - hour and minute offset from UTC with a colon (e.g. +09:00)
%::z - hour, minute and second offset from UTC (e.g. +09:00:00)
%Z - Time zone abbreviation name
%z 产生任何东西的事实似乎是一个未记录的并且可能是意外的实现细节。
您可以在 1.8.7 和 1.9.3 中使用%Z;例如,您在 1.8.7 中得到这些结果:
>> t = Time.now
=> Mon Dec 19 16:46:06 -0800 2011
>> t.zone
=> "PST"
>> t.strftime('%z %Z')
=> "-0800 PST"
>> t = Time.now.utc
=> Tue Dec 20 00:46:27 UTC 2011
>> t.zone
=> "UTC"
>> t.strftime('%z %Z')
=> "-0800 UTC"
这将为您提供 UTC、PST、EDT 和类似常见缩写的时区。如果你想要偏移量,你应该在1.9.3 和1.8.7 中都使用gmt_offset:
>> Time.now.gmt_offset
=> -28800
>> Time.now.utc.gmt_offset
=> 0
请注意,gmt_offset 以秒为单位提供偏移量。