Adding timecop as a gem dependency when in development env. This allows for time based tests to be accurate/consistent. It will stop the random error on the api_controller_test#test_changes_simple, when you are on a slow machine/have bad timing.

config/environment.rb

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
   config.gem 'httpclient'
   config.gem 'SystemTimer', :version => '>= 1.1.3', :lib => 'system_timer'
   config.gem 'sanitize'
+  if Rails.env == "development"
+    config.gem 'timecop'
+  end
 
   # Only load the plugins named here, in the order given. By default, all plugins
   # in vendor/plugins are loaded in alphabetical order.