From: Jano Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2008-10-07T04:22:31+09:00
Subject: Re: extending a class changes from 1.8.4 to 1.8.6

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 21:15, Tim McIntyre <tmac@easystreet.com> wrote:
> Tim McIntyre wrote:
>> require 'date'
>> class MyDateTime < DateTime end
>>
>> under ruby 1.8.4:
>>   MyDateTime.now.class -> MyDateTime
>>
>> under ruby 1.8.6
>>   MyDateTime.now.class -> DateTime
>>
>>
>> I feel like I missed the boat on something obvious here.  I googled
>> around a bit though and didn't see anything and I have a mission
>> critical issue that I need to resolve.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Tim
>
> I suppose I should actually ask a question with that:-)
>
> What do I need to do to get the 1.8.4 behavior in 1.8.6?
>
> Thanks!
> Tim

I suggest looking at lib/date.rb, particularly at Date.now and
Time.now.to_datetime. The rest might depend on your usage.