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# Is this a bug in rails? time conversion to xml and json ends in Z not %Z ?

irb(main):018:0> t = Time.zone.now
=> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:38:45 UTC +00:00
irb(main):019:0> t.to_json
=> "\"2011-08-10T17:38:45Z\""
irb(main):020:0> t.xmlschema
=> "2011-08-10T17:38:45Z"
irb(main):021:0> t.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z")
=> "2011-08-10T17:38:45UTC"
irb(main):024:0> t.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") 
=> "2011-08-10T17:38:45Z"

BUT...
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/DateTime.html#method-i-xmlschema

Converts datetime to an appropriate format for use in XML

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  # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 83
def xmlschema
  strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z")
end