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+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require 'date'
+
+describe "DateTime.now" do
+  it "creates an instance of DateTime" do
+    DateTime.now.should.instance_of?(DateTime)
+  end
+
+  it "sets the current date" do
+    (DateTime.now - Date.today).to_f.should be_close(0.0, TIME_TOLERANCE)
+  end
+
+  it "sets the current time" do
+    dt = DateTime.now
+    now = Time.now
+    (dt.to_time - now).should be_close(0.0, TIME_TOLERANCE)
+  end
+
+  it "grabs the local timezone" do
+    with_timezone("PDT", -8) do
+      dt = DateTime.now
+      dt.zone.should == "-08:00"
+    end
+  end
+end