Bug regarding ActiveRecord and TimeWithZone

I will allow myself to bump this question just once, since I think it is important - it really seems like a bug, but I would like to know, if anyone else has experienced this before submitting to the bug list.

- Carsten

Carsten Gehling wrote:

I will allow myself to bump this question just once, since I think it is

important - it really seems like a bug, but I would like to know, if

anyone else has experienced this before submitting to the bug list.

  • Carsten

Carsten Gehling wrote:

I’ve discovered a strange behavior regarding ActiveRecord and

TimeWithZone


d1 = User.find(:first).created_at

=> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:11:57 CEST +02:00

d2 = Time.zone.now

=> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:02:00 CET +01:00

d1.class

=> ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

d2.class

=> ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

d2 - d1

=> Thu Aug 04 17:50:03 UTC 1977

d1 - d2

TypeError: expected numeric or date

from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/date.rb:1252:in `minus_without_duration’

from

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb:88:in

`-’

from

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb:201:in

`-’

from (irb):11


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Carsten

I don’t get that error using Edge Rails

d1 = u.created_at => Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:06:44 UTC +00:00 d2 = Time.zone.now => Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:14:33 UTC +00:00

d1.class => ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone d2.class => ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone d2 - d1 => 1994869.32909489 d1 - d2 => -1994869.32909489