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+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+
+platform_is(:windows, :darwin, :freebsd, :netbsd,
+            *ruby_version_is("4.0") { :linux },
+           ) do
+  not_implemented_messages = [
+    "birthtime() function is unimplemented", # unsupported OS/version
+    "birthtime is unimplemented",            # unsupported filesystem
+  ]
+
+  describe "File::Stat#birthtime" do
+    before :each do
+      @file = tmp('i_exist')
+      touch(@file) { |f| f.write "rubinius" }
+    end
+
+    after :each do
+      rm_r @file
+    end
+
+    it "returns the birthtime of a File::Stat object" do
+      st = File.stat(@file)
+      st.birthtime.should.is_a?(Time)
+      st.birthtime.should <= Time.now
+    rescue NotImplementedError => e
+      e.message.should.start_with?(*not_implemented_messages)
+    end
+  end
+end