diff -urNp CGI-Auth-Auto-1.20/blib/lib/CGI/Auth/Auto.pm CGI-Auth-Auto-1.21/blib/lib/CGI/Auth/Auto.pm
--- CGI-Auth-Auto-1.20/blib/lib/CGI/Auth/Auto.pm	2008-06-18 09:06:29.000000000 +0200
+++ CGI-Auth-Auto-1.21/blib/lib/CGI/Auth/Auto.pm	2008-06-18 09:08:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -220,11 +220,16 @@ sub get_cgi {
 
 sub username {
 	my $self = shift;
-	my $username =	$self->OpenSessionFile;
+	my ($username, undef) =	$self->OpenSessionFile;
 	$username or return;
 	return $username;
 }
 
m +sub start_session {
+	my $self = shift;
+	return $self->SUPER::start_session; 
+}
+
 sub _get_sess_file_from_cookie {
 	## _load_cookie()
 	my $self = shift;
@@ -517,6 +522,10 @@ Actually returns field 0 of the sess fil
 Consult CGI::Auth for more on this.
 Returns undef if no set.
 
+=head2 start_session()
+
+Returns the ticks when the session was created.  
+The CGI::Auth must be patched for this.