flexible_date 0.1.0

data/LICENSE.txt

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+Copyright (c) 2011 Rodrigo Manhães
+
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+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+
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+
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+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.rdoc

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+= flexible_date
+
+Make ActiveRecord understand any date format you want.
+
+== How to use
+
+Simply do, within your model:
+
+    flexible_date :my_date_field, :format => "%d/%m/%Y"
+
+The format follows the same pattern used by strptime and strftime. This will
+generate a my_date_field_flex "property" in which you can enter the date as
+string in the specified format and then the correct date will be stored in
+my_date_field.
+
+Talk is cheap, let's see the code:
+
+    class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
+      flexible_date :start_date, :end_date, :format => "%d/%m/%Y"
+    end
+
+    event = Event.new
+    event.start_date_flex = "31/01/2011"
+    event.end_date_flex =  "28/02/2011"
+    event.start_date.should == Date.new(2011, 01, 31)
+    event.end_date.should == Date.new(2011, 02, 28)
+
+
+And values assigned to regular fields are returned by _flex fields in the
+specified format:
+
+    event = Event.new :start_date => '2011-01-31',
+                      :end_date => Date.new(2011, 02, 28)
+    event.start_date_flex.should == "31/01/2011"
+    event.end_date_flex.should == "28/02/2011"
+
+
+== How to install
+
+flexible_date will become a gem very soon.
+
+
+== Do you know a better/standard solution?
+
+My intention is to allow users typing dates directly to text fields in their
+own local format. I didn't find a solution for this problem in Rails itself.
+If you have a better solution, please let me know.
+
+No, default select fields, separated by day, month and year are not a solution.
+
+
+== Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2011 Rodrigo Manhães. See LICENSE.txt for further details.
+

data/lib/flexible_date.rb

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+module FlexibleDate
+  def flexible_date(*params)
+    options, fields = params.pop, params
+    format = options[:format]
+    fields.each do |field|
+      unless methods.include?(:flexible_date_validations)
+        validate :flexible_date_validations
+
+        define_method :flexible_date_validations do
+          if @flexible_date_errors
+            @flexible_date_errors.each do |field, message|
+              errors.add(field, message)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      define_method "#{field}_flex" do
+        date = self.send("#{field}")
+        date.try(:strftime, format)
+      end
+
+      define_method "#{field}_flex=" do |value|
+        begin
+          self.send("#{field}=", Date.strptime(value, format))
+        rescue ArgumentError
+          self.send("#{field}=", nil)
+          @flexible_date_errors ||= {}
+          @flexible_date_errors["#{field}".to_sym] = 'invalid'
+          @flexible_date_errors["#{field}_flex".to_sym] = 'invalid'
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.extend(FlexibleDate)
+

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: flexible_date
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  prerelease: 
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- "Rodrigo Manh\xC3\xA3es"
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2011-04-29 00:00:00 -03:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: activerecord
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id001 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    none: false
+    requirements: 
+    - - ~>
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: 3.0.0
+  type: :runtime
+  version_requirements: *id001
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: sqlite3-ruby
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id002 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    none: false
+    requirements: 
+    - - ~>
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: 1.3.0
+  type: :development
+  version_requirements: *id002
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: rspec
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id003 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    none: false
+    requirements: 
+    - - ~>
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: 2.5.0
+  type: :development
+  version_requirements: *id003
+description: Make ActiveRecord understand any date format you want.
+email: rmanhaes@gmail.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- lib/flexible_date.rb
+- README.rdoc
+- LICENSE.txt
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: https://github.com/rodrigomanhaes/flexible_date
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: 
+- --charset=UTF-8
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.5.0
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Make possible enter date fields in any format into your ActiveRecord models
+test_files: []
+