= Expirable Require the library. require 'mixers/expirable' Example class. class X extend Expirable end Now the experation can be set to a Time object, or a number of seconds from +Time.now+. For instance, to set the expiration for one second from now: X.expiration = 1 We can see the the object has not yet expired. X.refute.expired? But if we wait one second. sleep 1 Then it will have expired. X.assert.expired? Expiration does not invoke a trigger, it is merely queriable.