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ruby-1.8.6-p399 :005 > Date.today
=> Wed, 24393 Dec 2135
ruby-1.8.6-p399 :006 > DateTime.now
=> Wed, 24393 Dec 2135 17:07:09 +0100
wopi@wopi-desktop:~/work/trunk$ date
Mi 2. Feb 17:08:46 CET 2011
What’s wrong ?
What do you get with: Time.at(0) ?
Should be 1969…
What do you get with Time.now?
The date objects come from the date class, which inherits from the time class:
http://corelib.rubyonrails.org/classes/Time.html
Other helpful methods to test could be there. Try doing straight ruby to see if it’s a problem with your rails setup or with ruby. You should be able to trace the specific place where this goes wrong.