diff --git a/lib/yahoo-weather/atmosphere.rb b/lib/yahoo-weather/atmosphere.rb
index 8a85fb9..39d10a2 100644
--- a/lib/yahoo-weather/atmosphere.rb
+++ b/lib/yahoo-weather/atmosphere.rb
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ def initialize (payload)
     # map barometric pressure direction to appropriate constant
     @barometer = nil
     case payload['rising'].to_i
-    when 0: @barometer = Barometer::STEADY
-    when 1: @barometer = Barometer::RISING
-    when 2: @barometer = Barometer::FALLING
+    when 0 then @barometer = Barometer::STEADY
+    when 1 then @barometer = Barometer::RISING
+    when 2 then @barometer = Barometer::FALLING
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/yahoo-weather/response.rb b/lib/yahoo-weather/response.rb
index 6fe9ce3..62db41d 100644
--- a/lib/yahoo-weather/response.rb
+++ b/lib/yahoo-weather/response.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class YahooWeather::Response
 
   # the prose descriptive title of the weather information.
   attr_reader :title
+  
+  # the date in which the weather data was last updated
+  attr_reader :pubdate
 
   def initialize (request_location, request_url, doc)
     # save off the request params
@@ -81,5 +84,6 @@ def initialize (request_location, request_url, doc)
     @page_url = item.xpath('link').first.content
     @title = item.xpath('title').first.content
     @description = item.xpath('description').first.content
+    @pubdate = YahooWeather._parse_time(item.xpath('pubDate').first.content)
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_api.rb b/test/test_api.rb
index f154399..6af30e5 100644
--- a/test/test_api.rb
+++ b/test/test_api.rb
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def _assert_valid_response (response, request_location, units,
       assert(response.image.url =~ /yimg\.com/)
       assert_kind_of Numeric, response.latitude
       assert_kind_of Numeric, response.longitude
+      assert_instance_of Time, response.pubdate
       assert(response.page_url =~ /\.html$/)
       assert(response.title && response.title.length > 0)
       assert_not_nil(response.title.index("#{response.location.city}, #{response.location.region}"))
diff --git a/tomk32-yahoo-weather.gemspec b/tomk32-yahoo-weather.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5b60a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tomk32-yahoo-weather.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = 'yahoo-weather'
+  s.version = '1.2.1'
+  s.summary = 'A Ruby object-oriented interface to the Yahoo! Weather service'
+  s.description = "The yahoo-weather rubygem provides a Ruby object-oriented interface to the Yahoo! Weather service described in detail at: http://developer.yahoo.com/weather"
+
+  s.add_dependency('nokogiri', '>= 1.4.1')
+  s.add_dependency('hoe',   '>= 2.4.0')
+
+  s.rdoc_options << '--exclude' << '.'
+
+  s.files = Dir['CHANGELOG.rdoc', 'README', 'Manifest.txt', 'Rakefile', 'TODO', 'examples/*', 'lib/**', 'lib/**/**', 'test/**']
+  s.require_path = 'lib'
+  s.test_file = 'test/test_api.rb'
+
+  s.author = "Walter Korman"
+  s.email = "shaper@fatgoose.com"
+  s.homepage = "http://rubyforge.org/projects/yahoo-weather"
+end