it "should recognize when the file has not changed" do
        puts "now: #{Time.now}"
        faketime = (Time.now - Puppet[:filetimeout])
        puts "faketime: #{faketime}"
        File::Stat.stub!(:ctime).and_return(faketime) # normal rspec syntax
        sleep(5)
        puts "fake ctime: " + File.stat(@f.path).ctime.to_s
        #sleep(Puppet[:filetimeout])
        @loaded.changed?.should == false
    end

Output:

now: Mon Apr 07 11:43:35 -0700 2008
faketime: Mon Apr 07 11:43:20 -0700 2008
fake ctime: Mon Apr 07 11:43:35 -0700 2008