From: Greg Lorriman Date: 2006-03-16T00:33:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Time object problems - 1.8.2 >I've just been playing around with Time and Date a bit. I have to ask: why? >You can get just the date part much more easily by using a Date object: Unfortunately the Date class is horrifically slow. I'm already being hammered by other slow aspects of ruby, which I can't avoid. So Time it is!