On 11 May 2011, at 16:52, David Jacobs wrote: > Could it be a problem with the logger you're using? Try doing a puts > instead. Hi, puts gave me this: vtime_start: 2011-05-10 17:11:54 +0100 I only started logging it because the test was failing, and the code = it's testing is simple, I can just run it in irb and it works, hence the = logging. It's very frustrating! :( Regards, Iain=