parse just TimeZone/Offset

[Benjscho]

Currently (if I'm reading the docs right) there's no way to parse just a TimeZone/Offset using the formats described in format::strftime.

I have a use case to parse an Offset, e.g., "UTC-0700" and return a DateTime object at midnight of the current day at that offset, essentially replicating the behaviour of date -d "UTC-0700". I have a workaround to have a default datetime string, and append the offset to be parsed to it, and then use DateTime::parse_from_str - is that the only way to do this at the moment?

Obviously no obligation to consider this as a feature, just wondering if there were any other standard ways for parsing Timezones/Offsets at the moment, or if it was on anyone's mind.

[djc]

It's being discussed, see #1092.

[Benjscho]

Ace, thankyou! I'll track that PR

[pitdicker]

With #1157 FixedOffset implements FromStr.