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              # If it is going to make it a UTC time, it should
# at least convert it but it just assumes it is 
# UTC without even looking at the time zone
 
time = "2007-08-05T20:00:00-04:00"
 
Time.parse(time) # => Mon Aug 06 10:00:00 1000 2007
time.to_time     # => Sun Aug 05 20:00:00 UTC 2007
 
# Fix:
class String
  def to_time(form = :utc)
    time = Time.parse(self)
    form.to_sym == :utc ? time.utc : time
  end
end
 
puts time.to_time         # => Mon Aug 06 00:00:00 UTC 2007
puts time.to_time(:local) # => Mon Aug 06 10:00:00 1000 2007
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