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$ irb
>> require 'date'
=> true

# DateTime ignores time zone
>> DateTime.new(2012,9,10)
=> #<DateTime: 2012-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 ((2456181j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>

# Time handles offset correctly
>> Time.new(2012, 9, 10)

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#
# freezing DateTime.now
#

# in Rails
$ rails c
Loading development environment (Rails 3.2.8)

# DateTime and Time have milliseconds before freezing time
>> DateTime.now.iso8601 9

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$ irb

>> DateTime.now
=> #<DateTime: 2012-10-29T16:00:33+01:00 ((2456230j,54033s,774400000n),+3600s,2299161j)>
>> DateTime.now - 1
=> #<DateTime: 2012-10-28T16:00:37+01:00 ((2456229j,54037s,137431000n),+3600s,2299161j)>

$ rails c
>> DateTime.now.iso8601 9
=> "2012-10-29T16:03:17.237282000+01:00"