# No such file to load -- chronic

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-chronic/181793>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 18, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-chronic/181793 "2010-01-18T11:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![oreng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@oreng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oreng)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-chronic/181793/1 "2010-01-18T11:48:53Z")

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I have require ‘chronic’ in a controller but I get the above error  
when trying to see access this controller.  
I am using it in a cucmber step and it’s ok. the only issue is the  
controller.

System info:  
ruby 1.9.1p243,  
ubuntu karmic

Some of my gems:  
chronic (0.2.3)  
cucumber (0.4.4)  
rails (2.3.5)  
rspec (1.2.9)  
rubyforge (2.0.3)  
webrat (0.6.0)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![oreng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@oreng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oreng)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-chronic/181793/2 "2010-01-18T12:09:57Z")

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Hi,

Can you check by writing require ‘chronic’ at last in environment.rb  
file

2010/1/18 oren [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![oreng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@oreng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oreng)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-chronic/181793/3 "2010-01-18T14:12:16Z")

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I tried adding this line at the bottom and also at the top of  
environment.rb and I get an error when accessing the controller:  
uninitialized constant FoodEntryController::Chronic