# Re: Initializing a DateTime object the best way

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-initializing-a-datetime-object-the-best-way/98774>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 18, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-initializing-a-datetime-object-the-best-way/98774 "2006-07-18T02:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![daveh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@daveh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveh)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-initializing-a-datetime-object-the-best-way/98774/1 "2006-07-18T02:40:04Z")

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On Jul 17, 2006, at 16:35, S Wayne wrote:

> This is an interesting conversation. Can you tell me where this  
> DateTime class or the civil method comes from?

require ‘date’