diff --git a/Smarty.class.php b/Smarty.class.php
index f0bb56cd..65e7d11c 100644
--- a/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/Smarty.class.php
@@ -223,14 +223,12 @@ class Smarty
 							(mktime() - filectime($cache_file) <= $this->cache_expire)
 						)))
 			{
-				echo "DEBUG: using cache<br>\n";
 					$results = $this->_read_file($cache_file);
 					$results = $this->_process_cached_inserts($results);
 					return $results;
 			}	
 		}
 
-		echo "DEBUG: not using cache<br>\n";
 		if($this->allow_url_compile && $HTTP_GET_VARS["compile_force"])
 			$this->compile_force = true;
 
diff --git a/demo/index.php b/demo/index.php
index 353fc280..8352f1c0 100644
--- a/demo/index.php
+++ b/demo/index.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ require("Smarty.class.php");
 
 $smarty = new Smarty;
 
+$smarty->cache_engine = false;
+
 $smarty->assign("Name","Fred Irving Johnathan Bradley Peppergill");
 $smarty->assign("FirstName",array("John","Mary","James","Henry"));
 $smarty->assign("LastName",array("Doe","Smith","Johnson","Case"));
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ $smarty->assign("Class",array(array("A","B","C","D"), array("E", "F", "G", "H"),
 $smarty->assign("contacts", array(array("phone" => "1", "fax" => "2", "cell" => "3"),
 								  array("phone" => "555-4444", "fax" => "555-3333", "cell" => "760-1234")));
 
+$smarty->assign("now",time());
 
 $smarty->display("index.tpl");
 
diff --git a/demo/templates/index.tpl b/demo/templates/index.tpl
index dd9d0b93..e9a74b93 100644
--- a/demo/templates/index.tpl
+++ b/demo/templates/index.tpl
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ testing strip tags
 {/strip}
 
 </PRE>
+
+test: {$now|date_format:"%I:%M %p"}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 353fc280..8352f1c0 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ require("Smarty.class.php");
 
 $smarty = new Smarty;
 
+$smarty->cache_engine = false;
+
 $smarty->assign("Name","Fred Irving Johnathan Bradley Peppergill");
 $smarty->assign("FirstName",array("John","Mary","James","Henry"));
 $smarty->assign("LastName",array("Doe","Smith","Johnson","Case"));
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ $smarty->assign("Class",array(array("A","B","C","D"), array("E", "F", "G", "H"),
 $smarty->assign("contacts", array(array("phone" => "1", "fax" => "2", "cell" => "3"),
 								  array("phone" => "555-4444", "fax" => "555-3333", "cell" => "760-1234")));
 
+$smarty->assign("now",time());
 
 $smarty->display("index.tpl");
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index f0bb56cd..65e7d11c 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -223,14 +223,12 @@ class Smarty
 							(mktime() - filectime($cache_file) <= $this->cache_expire)
 						)))
 			{
-				echo "DEBUG: using cache<br>\n";
 					$results = $this->_read_file($cache_file);
 					$results = $this->_process_cached_inserts($results);
 					return $results;
 			}	
 		}
 
-		echo "DEBUG: not using cache<br>\n";
 		if($this->allow_url_compile && $HTTP_GET_VARS["compile_force"])
 			$this->compile_force = true;
 
diff --git a/templates/index.tpl b/templates/index.tpl
index dd9d0b93..e9a74b93 100644
--- a/templates/index.tpl
+++ b/templates/index.tpl
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ testing strip tags
 {/strip}
 
 </PRE>
+
+test: {$now|date_format:"%I:%M %p"}