From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2005-02-18T05:53:04+09:00
Subject: Re: 2/24 = 0?; or, how do I add hours to a DateTime?

* rpardee@comcast.net <rpardee@comcast.net> [0245 17:45]:
 
> Let's say I liked that so much I wanted it available forevermore.  I
> assume I wouldn't want to edit DateTime.rb (I'm probably not empowered
> to do so, actually).  Is there some way to get custom code run every
> time I hit the DateTime class?  Or every time I fire up the ruby
> interpreter?  

one way would be to call your file something like 

ubertime.rb

containing something like:

-----------------------------
require 'time'

class Time
	def newmethod
	  ...
	  ...
	  ..
	end
end
-----------------------------
then just 

require 'ubertime'

in any scripts that want to use it.

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