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