Timezone support by Time [Feature #14850]

* strftime.c (rb_strftime): support timezone object by `%z`.

* time.c (time_init_1, time_new_timew, time_getlocaltime): accept
  timezone object as `off`.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@64952 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

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         * `Struct#filter` is a new alias for `Struct#select` [Feature #13784]
 
+* `Time`
+
+    * New features:
+
+        * `Time.new` and `Time#getlocal` accept a timezone object as
+	  well as UTC offset string.  [Feature #14850]
+
 * `TracePoint`
 
     * New methods: