XML::Feed::Entry::Format::Atom loses tz information when parsing dates [rt.cpan.org #92763] #43
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Migrated from rt.cpan.org#92763 (status was 'new')
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From [email protected] on 2014-02-05 20:32:34
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Hi there -
I was using XML::Feed, and I noticed that the DateTime object from Atom
feeds is always in UTC. It's the right time, it just loses the timezone
offset, which is useful to know - you can figure out what timezone the
original author was in when he wrote a piece, for example.
From what I can tell, XML::Feed::Entry::Format::Atom is using the iso2dt
function from XML::Atom::Util - looking at the code, you can see it
discards the original timezone, and instead sets the dt object to be
UTC.
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MIYAGAWA/XML-Atom-0.27/lib/XML/Atom/Util.pm
Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks!
-John