I think the author's example of time_calc compared to ActiveSupport's 1.days.ago syntax speaks to why ActiveSupport is used so much and that sometimes it's OK t

I think the author's example of time_calc compared to ActiveSupport's 1.days.ago syntax speaks to why ActiveSupport is used so much and that sometimes it's OK to do the wrong thing to make everything else easier. The time_calc API looks just awful to use I'd rather deal with the implications of potential Ruby "magic".