my $ical = Date::ICal->new( ical => '19971024T120000',
                            offset => "-0800");

##</code><code>##

1..8
ok 1 - new() returned something
ok 2 -   and it's the right class
ok 3 -   sec()
not ok 4 -   min()
#     Failed test (test056.pl at line 19)
#          got: '42'
#     expected: '12'
not ok 5 -   hour()
#     Failed test (test056.pl at line 20)
#          got: '0'
#     expected: '16'
not ok 6 -   day()
#     Failed test (test056.pl at line 21)
#          got: '6'
#     expected: '16'
ok 7 -   month()
ok 8 -   year()
# Looks like you failed 3 tests of 8.

##</code><code>##

offset => '+0530'