# I want to get the GMT time in the rfc1123 format (Tue, 15 Nov 1994 08:12:31 GMT)
# Here is what I do

# getting GMT time
1.9.3-p429 :063 > datetime = DateTime.now.new_offset(0)
 => #<DateTime: 2013-07-30T10:34:52+00:00 ((2456504j,38092s,886243436n),+0s,2299161j)>
# but this below returns the local time :/
1.9.3-p429 :064 > datetime = DateTime.now.new_offset(0).to_time
 => 2013-07-30 12:34:59 +0200
1.9.3-p429 :065 > puts datetime.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")
Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:34:59 # <-- wrong..