My class name conflicting with Ruby's

class, conflict, ruby

Solution

def initialize
        today = ::Date.today # get today's date from Ruby's Date class
        puts "Today's date is #{today.to_s}"
      end

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Problem

I have a class in my module that is called "Date". But when i want to utilize the Date class packaged with ruby, it uses my Date class instead. ``` module Mymod class ClassA class Date < Mymod::ClassA require 'date' def initialize today = Date.today # get today's date from Ruby's Date class puts "Today's date is #{today.to_s}" end end end end Mymod::ClassA::Date.new ``` The ouput from running this is ``` test.rb:7:in `initialize': undefined method `today' for Mymod::ClassA::Date:Class (NoMethodError) ``` Is there any way I can reference ruby's Date class from within my own class also called "Date"?

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