# File lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb, line 6
  def self.mktime_with_offset(string)
    string =~ /(\d{4})\/(\d{2})\/(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}) ([\+\-])(\d{2})/
    # $1 = year
    # $2 = month
    # $3 = day
    # $4 = hours
    # $5 = minutes
    # $6 = seconds
    # $7 = time zone direction
    # $8 = tz difference
    # utc time with wrong TZ info: 
    time = mktime($1, RFC2822_MONTH_NAME[$2.to_i - 1], $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
    tz_difference = ("#{$7 == '-' ? '+' : '-'}#{$8}".to_i * 3600)
    time + tz_difference + zone_offset(time.zone) 
  end