WTF ActiveSupport::TimeZone

wtf.rb

$ rails console
> a = Time.zone.now           # => Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:47:52 EDT -04:00
> b = Time.zone.parse(a.to_s) # => Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:47:52 EDT -04:00
> c = Time.zone.parse(a.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%N %z")) # => Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:47:52 EDT -04:00
> a == b                      # => false
> a == c                      # => true

> a.nsec                      # => 583744338
> b.nsec                      # => 0
> c.nsec                      # => 583744338

# map != territory