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DateTime._strptime("...", "%z") behaves differently from Ruby 3.2

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, ruby
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reading the linked ruby/date issue and locating the DateTime._strptime("...", "%z") implementation in this repository. Compare its result with Ruby 3.2; done means the behavior matches the referenced Ruby behavior.

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Java
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Merged PRs (30d)
1

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