Feature #17485: Keyword argument for timezone in Time.new

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

Currently, Time.at and Time.now accept a timezone as a keyword argument, but not Time.new.
This means minor arguments cannot be omitted for Time.new.

Time.new(2021, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, "+09:00") #=> ok: 2021-01-01 00:00:00 +0900
Time.new(2021, 1, 1, "+09:00")          #=> bad: 2021-01-01 09:00:00 +0900
Time.new(2021, 1, "+09:00")             #=> bad: 2021-01-09 00:00:00 +0900
Time.new(2021, "+09:00")                #=> ArgumentError (mon out of range)

Suggest that Time.new should also accept the in: timezone option.

Time.new(2021, 1, 1, in: "+09:00") #=> ok: 2021-01-01 00:00:00 +0900
Time.new(2021, in: "+09:00")       #=> ok: 2021-01-01 00:00:00 +0900

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/4010

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Description updated (diff)

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Description updated (diff)

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Related to Bug #17504: Allow UTC offset without colons per ISO-8601 added

[akr (Akira Tanaka)]

I think Time.new(2021, 1, 1, "+09:99") should raise an error instead of 2021-01-01 09:00:00 +0900.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset git|4b15caee8fe7a5aaa52ed5a3ab2a3517c9206fd7.

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Added in: timezone option to Time.new [Feature #17485]