From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2009-03-14T11:52:48+09:00
Subject: Re: When was the parse method added to the Time class?

Paul Carvalho wrote:
>> 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.
>   

Probably the newer version of one of your gems stopped including the 
Time library.

-Justin