Module: StringifyTime

Defined in:
lib/stringify_time.rb

Overview

stringify_time.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#stringify_time(*names) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/stringify_time.rb', line 12

def stringify_time(*names)
	names.each do |name|
		define_method "#{name}_string" do
			read_attribute(name).to_s(:db) unless read_attribute(name).nil?
		end
		
		define_method "#{name}_string=" do |time_str|
			begin
#					write_attribute(name, Time.parse(time_str))
#	Chronic.parse will not raise an error to rescue from
#	chronic actually returns a time
				time = Chronic.parse(time_str)	
				raise ArgumentError if time.nil?
				write_attribute(name, time)
			rescue ArgumentError
				instance_variable_set("@#{name}_invalid", true)
			end
		end
		
		define_method "#{name}_invalid?" do
			instance_variable_get("@#{name}_invalid")
		end
	end
end