Why write two lines of code when you can write 30!

clock.rb

class Clock 
  def self.now
    Time.now
  end

  def self.today
    Date.today
  end
end

clock_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe Clock do
  describe ".now" do
    it 'returns the current time' do
      Clock.now.should be_close(Time.now, 0.01)
    end
  end

  describe ".todqy" do
    it 'returns Date.today' do
      Clock.today.should == Date.today
    end
  end
end