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+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+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
+
+  platform_is :windows, :darwin, :freebsd, :netbsd do
+    it "returns the birthtime of a File::Stat object" do
+      st = File.stat(@file)
+      st.birthtime.should be_kind_of(Time)
+      st.birthtime.should <= Time.now
+    end
+  end
+
+  platform_is :linux, :openbsd do
+    it "raises an NotImplementedError" do
+      st = File.stat(@file)
+      lambda { st.birthtime }.should raise_error(NotImplementedError)
+    end
+  end
+end