From: Paul Carvalho <tester.paul@...>
Date: 2009-03-14T08:12:50+09:00
Subject: Re: When was the parse method added to the Time class?

>
> As a test, I uninstalled Ruby 184 and installed Ruby 186 and I get the
> same effect on this computer -- i.e. the Time.parse method is still
> not there by default.  Weird.  Could another Ruby gem be causing the
> problem?
>

Okay, I uninstalled Ruby again and reinstalled it.  This time I wrote
a one-line script with the above Time.parse code so that I could run
it anytime.

I installed all the gems I needed and the Time.parse method is always
there and works as expected.

The one thing I did the last time that I *didn't* do this time was run
the command:
> gem update --system

If I run the above, then the Time.parse method will no longer be
available by default.  It looks like there is something in that update
that kills the parse method for the Time class.

I won't be updating my rubygems again unless there is some compelling
reason for me to.

At least now I know what caused this system to stop running that
script.