From: Tanaka Akira <akr@...>
Date: 2012-07-11T14:06:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:46319] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #6720][Open] Discrepancy between DateTime#strftime('%s') and Time#strftime('%s') before 1582-10-15

2012/7/11 phasis68 (Heesob Park) <phasis@gmail.com>:
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> I found some discrepancy between DateTime#strftime('%s') and Time#strftime('%s') on date before 1582-10-15

This is not a bug.

The difference is caused because
Time uses Proleptic Gregorian calendar (doc/NEWS-1.9.2) but
DateTime uses Julian/Gregorian calendar at Italy by default.

I guess you can use DateTime with Proleptic Gregorian calendar (doc/NEWS-1.9.3).
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Tanaka Akira