jakewendt-stringify_date 1.1.0

data/README.rdoc

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+= StringifyDate (Gem / Rails Plugin)
+
+Based on tutorial from 
+{Ryan Bates}[http://railscasts.com/episodes/33-making-a-plugin]
+
+== Usage
+
+Contains a collection of complex assertions.
+
+ config.gem 'jakewendt-stringify_date',
+   :lib    => 'stringify_date',
+   :source => 'http://rubygems.org'
+
+ stringify_date :interview_outcome_on, :format => '%m/%d/%Y'
+
+== ToDo
+
+* add legitimate text to Rakefile
+* add TESTS
+
+== Gemified with Jeweler
+
+ vi Rakefile
+ rake version:write
+ rake gemspec
+ rake install
+
+ rake version:bump:major
+ rake release
+
+== Example
+
+Example goes here.
+
+
+Copyright (c) 2008 [Jake Wendt & Ryan Bates], released under the MIT license

data/lib/stringify_date.rb

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+# StringifyDate
+
+## models/task.rb
+#stringify_date :due_at
+#
+#def validate
+#	errors.add(:due_at, "is invalid") if due_at_invalid?
+#end
+
+# stringify_date.rb
+module StringifyDate
+	def stringify_date(*names)
+		options = names.extract_options!
+
+		names.each do |name|
+			define_method "#{name}_string" do
+#				read_attribute(name).to_s(:db) unless read_attribute(name).nil?
+#	to_date added to fix sqlite3 quirk
+#				read_attribute(name).to_date.to_s(:db) unless read_attribute(name).nil?
+
+				d = read_attribute(name).try(:to_date)
+				unless d.blank?
+					if options[:format]
+						d.strftime(options[:format])
+					else
+						d.to_s(:db)
+					end
+				end
+
+			end
+			
+			define_method "#{name}_string=" do |date_str|
+				if ( !date_str.blank? )
+					begin
+#						write_attribute(name, Date.parse(date_str)) 
+#				Chronic.parse will not raise an error to rescue from
+#	chronic actually returns a time
+						date = Chronic.parse(date_str)	
+#Chronic.parse("February 14, 2004") # <= nil
+#						raise ArgumentError if date.nil?
+						date = Date.parse(date_str) if date.nil?
+#	if Date.parse fails, it will raise ArgumentError
+#	so I don't need to do it manually
+						write_attribute(name, date.to_date)
+					rescue ArgumentError
+						instance_variable_set("@#{name}_invalid", true)
+					end
+				else
+					write_attribute(name,'')
+				end
+			end
+			
+			define_method "#{name}_invalid?" do
+				instance_variable_get("@#{name}_invalid")
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
+ActiveRecord::Base.send(:extend, StringifyDate)

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: jakewendt-stringify_date
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  hash: 19
+  prerelease: false
+  segments: 
+  - 1
+  - 1
+  - 0
+  version: 1.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Jake
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-09-14 00:00:00 -07:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: chronic
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id001 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    none: false
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        hash: 17
+        segments: 
+        - 0
+        - 2
+        - 3
+        version: 0.2.3
+  type: :runtime
+  version_requirements: *id001
+description: longer description of your gem
+email: github@jake.otherinbox.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: 
+- README.rdoc
+files: 
+- lib/stringify_date.rb
+- README.rdoc
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/jakewendt/stringify_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 
+      hash: 3
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      hash: 3
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.7
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: one-line summary of your gem
+test_files: []
+