[Rails] Time problems

I am storying a column called start time and endtime, both having
mysql type "time".

I am using formtastic to create the forms like

<%= f.input :time_start, :label => "Between", :as
=> :time, :ignore_date => true %>

The time gets stored just fine (though in 24 hour format, which is
another headache), but when I extract this time to compare it to
Time.now, to figure out, if "now" is between end and start time, the
time returned is something like Sat Jan 01 15:00:00 UTC 2000, which is
nowhere in 2010.

Why is this happening? Whats the best way to store start and end time
to compare later on with "now".

Thanks

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