title: Nil zone for new Time
body: <p>If a <code>Time</code> instance is created in the default timezone, <code>zone</code> is not <code>nil</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>irb&gt; n=Time.now
  2016-06-27 14:07:19 -0500
  irb&gt; n.zone
  "CDT"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, if a <code>Time</code> instance is created by specifying the offset, <code>zone</code> is <code>nil</code>: </p>
  
  <pre><code>irb&gt; n=Time.now
  2016-06-27 14:07:19 -0500
  irb&gt; et=Time.new(n.year,n.month,n.day,0,0,0,"-04:00")
  2016-06-27 00:00:00 -0400
  irb&gt; et.zone
  nil
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to get the <code>zone</code> in situations like this?</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ruby -v
  ruby 2.2.2p95 (2015-04-13 revision 50295) [x86_64-darwin14]
  </code></pre>