On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 03:55:31 +0900, Ernest Ellingson pontificated: + Well you can blame it on Windows but has anyone tried this on other systems. + t=Time.local(2001, 4,1,2,0) + puts t % uname -a && ruby -e 'p Time.local(2001, 4, 1, 2, 0)' && ruby -v Linux vilya 2.4.2 #6 Fri Mar 16 14:12:57 EST 2001 i686 unknown Sun Apr 01 03:00:00 EDT 2001 ruby 1.6.2 (2001-01-18) [i686-linux] % uname -a && ruby -e 'p Time.local(2001, 4, 1, 2, 0)' && ruby -v OpenBSD narya 2.7 GENERIC#25 i386 Sun Apr 01 03:00:00 EDT 2001 ruby 1.6.2 (2001-01-18) [i386-openbsd2.7] % uname -a && ruby -e 'p Time.local(2001, 4, 1, 2, 0)' && ruby -v SunOS laplace.stat.cwru.edu 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc Sun Apr 01 01:00:00 EST 2001 ruby 1.6.3 (2001-02-24) [sparc-solaris2.7] % uname -a && ruby -e 'p Time.local(2001, 4, 1, 2, 0)' && ruby -v AIX theory2 2 4 000069614600 unknown Sun Apr 01 01:00:00 EST 2001 ruby 1.6.2 (2001-01-18) [powerpc-aix4.2.0.0.0] -- ruby -F- -e '$, = $; . sub /./, " Another "; print %w.Just Rewbie .. join'