OpenSSL Certificate failure in not_before method

I’ve coded up a sample of the problem,40 lines or so. The sample shows
that command line openSSL can handle the certificate ok, but the ruby
code is doing something to generate the error " `not_before’: bad
UTCTIME format (TypeError)".

Any ideas on how to proceed?

----- Example Code ----------------------------
require ‘openssl’

CERT=<<EOF
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
EOF
puts echo "#{CERT}" | openssl x509 -noout -text
c = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(CERT)
puts c.not_before