Hi, the following happens in irb. irb(main):001:0> require "openssl" => true irb(main):002:0> include OpenSSL => Object irb(main):003:0> include X509 => Object irb(main):004:0> cert = Certificate.new(File.read("server.cer")) ArgumentError: time out of range from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:296:in `utc' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:296:in `inspect' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:296:in `output_value' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:149:in `eval_input' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:145:in `signal_status' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:145:in `eval_input' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:144:in `each_top_level_statement' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:220:in `loop' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:248:in `each_top_level_statement' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:219:in `catch' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:219:in `each_top_level_statement' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:144:in `eval_input' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:70:in `start' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:69:in `catch' from d:/roland/ruby181/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:69:in `start' from d:/roland/ruby181/bin/irb.bat:20 Maybe IRB bug!! irb(main):005:0> However, it is working as a ruby program. Ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-05) [i386-mswin32] -Roland ______________________________________________________________________________ Horoskop, Comics, VIPs, Wetter, Sport und Lotto im WEB.DE Screensaver1.2 Kostenlos downloaden: http://screensaver.web.de/?mc=021110