test Time.parse and Date.strptime method

time_parse_test.rb

# encoding: utf-8

require 'date'
require 'time'

time = Time.parse("Wed, 9 May 2012 16:00:00 +0800")
# the src is like
#time = Time.parse("2012.05.09 16:00 +08:00")

puts time # 2012-05-09 16:00:00 +0800
puts time.utc # 2012-05-09 08:00:00 UTC
puts time.getlocal("+09:00") # 2012-05-09 17:00:00 +0900
puts time.getlocal("+07:00") # 2012-05-09 15:00:00 +0700

date = Date.strptime("2012年5月9日", '%Y年%m月%d日')
puts date # 2012-05-09