activerecord-custom_timestamps 0.0.1

data/README.md

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+Custom Timestamps for ActiveRecord 3.x/4.x and Rails 3.x/4.x
+=====
+
+Provide a legacy database, you may need to use columns other than created_at/created_on and updated_at/updated_on.
+
+It does not change "timestamps" behavior in migrations. New models will continue to get updated_at/created_at or whatever you have designated, nor should it affect existing behavior in Rails (ActiveRecord::Timestamp) that looks for created_at/created_on and updated_at/updated_on and updates those on create/update.
+
+It uses the Rails 3.0-4.0 self.record_timestamps to determine if it should update the date of the created_timestamp column(s) and should_record_timestamps? to determine if it should update the date of the updated_timestamp column(s) and it does these in the private create and update methods that then call super to execute the default ActiveRecord::Timestamp defined create and update methods.
+
+### Setup
+
+In your Rails 3+ project, add this to your Gemfile:
+
+    gem 'activerecord-custom_timestamps', :git => 'git://github.com/garysweaver/activerecord-custom_timestamps.git'
+
+Then run:
+
+    bundle install
+
+### Configuration
+
+Custom Timestamps lets you do the following in your model to specify which columns should be used for created_at and updated_at:
+
+    self.created_timestamp = :manufactured_on
+    self.updated_timestamp = :modded_on
+
+It also supports updating multiple columns.
+
+    self.created_timestamp = [:manufactured_on, :amalgamated_at]
+    self.updated_timestamp = [:redesigned_at, :redesign_release_date]
+
+You don't need to specify updated_at or updated_on in self.updated_at, and you don't need to specify created_at or created_on in self.created_at. Those columns are still updated by ActiveRecord (unless you overrode that).
+
+### Usage
+
+Just try to save and update an existing model that has the custom timestamp columns.
+
+### License
+
+Copyright (c) 2012 Gary S. Weaver, released under the [MIT license][lic].
+
+[lic]: http://github.com/garysweaver/custom_timestamps/blob/master/LICENSE

data/Rakefile

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+require 'rake/testtask'
+
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << 'test'
+  t.test_files = FileList['test/**/*_test.rb']
+  t.verbose = true
+end
+
+desc "Run tests"
+task :default => :test

data/lib/activerecord-custom_timestamps.rb

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+require 'activerecord-custom_timestamps/version'
+require 'activerecord-custom_timestamps/model'
+require 'activerecord-custom_timestamps/railtie' if defined?(Rails)
+
+puts "CustomTimestamps #{CustomTimestamps::VERSION}"

data/lib/activerecord-custom_timestamps/model.rb

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+module CustomTimestamps
+  module Model
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    included do
+      class_attribute :created_timestamp, instance_writer: false
+      class_attribute :updated_timestamp, instance_writer: false
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    def create
+      if self.created_timestamp && self.record_timestamps
+        current_time = current_time_from_proper_timezone
+
+        Array.wrap(self.created_timestamp).each do |column|
+          if respond_to?(column) && respond_to?("#{column}=") && self.send(column).nil?
+            write_attribute(column.to_s, current_time)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      super
+    end
+
+    def update(*args)
+      # should_record_timestamps? checks for changes
+      if self.updated_timestamp && should_record_timestamps?
+        current_time = current_time_from_proper_timezone
+        
+        Array.wrap(self.updated_timestamp).each do |column|
+          column = column.to_s
+          next if attribute_changed?(column)
+          write_attribute(column, current_time)
+        end
+      end
+      super
+    end
+
+  end
+end

data/lib/activerecord-custom_timestamps/railtie.rb

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+require 'activerecord-custom_timestamps'
+
+module CustomTimestamps
+  class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
+    initializer "custom_timestamps.active_record" do
+      ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
+        # ActiveRecord::Base gets new behavior
+        include CustomTimestamps::Model # ActiveSupport::Concern
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/activerecord-custom_timestamps/version.rb

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+module CustomTimestamps
+  VERSION = '0.0.1'
+end

metadata

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+name: activerecord-custom_timestamps
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  prerelease:
+  version: 0.0.1
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Gary S. Weaver
+autorequire:
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-08-17 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: activerecord
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
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+  prerelease: false
+  type: :runtime
+description: Allows sets of custom timestamps for all or some models. Can use different timestamps in migrations.
+email:
+- garysweaver@gmail.com
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+licenses:
+- MIT
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