valid-date 1.0.0

data/README

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+# TODO add a brief readme
+# TODO Add RDoc documentation to lib/valid-date.rb

data/lib/valid-date.rb

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+require 'activesupport'
+
+class String
+  def valid_date?
+    unless self == ''
+      begin
+        date = self.to_date
+        result = true
+      rescue Exception => e
+        result = false
+      end
+    end
+    
+    result
+  end
+end

data/spec/valid-date_spec.rb

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+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "/spec_helper")
+
+describe String do
+  context "knowing whether it contains a valid date" do
+    it "returns true when contains a valid date" do
+      s = "2008-10-25"
+      
+      s.valid_date?.should be_true
+    end
+    
+    it "returns false when contains an invalid date" do
+      s = "0000-00-00"
+      
+      s.valid_date?.should_not be_true
+    end
+    
+    it "returns nil when is empty" do
+      s = ""
+      
+      s.valid_date?.should be_nil
+    end
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: valid-date
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 1.0.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Patrick Byrne
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2009-06-27 00:00:00 -05:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: activesupport
+  type: :runtime
+  version_requirement: 
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: "0"
+    version: 
+description: 
+email: code@patrickbyrne.net
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: 
+- README
+files: 
+- lib/valid-date.rb
+- README
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/pbyrne/valid-date/
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.4
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Adds String#valid_date? method to add utility to the Rails String#to_date method. Determines whether the string contains a valid date, to check before converting to a date and avoiding an exception.
+test_files: 
+- spec/valid-date_spec.rb