https://github.com/nigelramsay/stringify_date

Rails plugin to define a get and set method for dates using your own format
https://github.com/nigelramsay/stringify_date

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Rails plugin to define a get and set method for dates using your own format

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nigelramsay/stringify_date
• Owner: nigelramsay
• License: mit
• Created: 2008-08-13T08:36:38.000Z (over 16 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2008-08-13T09:19:32.000Z (over 16 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-11T17:06:10.411Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage: http://www.abletech.co.nz/blog
• Size: 82 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README
  • License: MIT-LICENSE

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StringifyDate

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Note: work in progress

Rails plugin to define a get and set method for dates using your own format. 

Simple example

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class Person < ActiveRecord::Base

  stringify_date :born_on, :format => :nz_format

end

Creates two methods called 'born_on_string' and 'born_on_string=' which will create, and parse date strings using the 'nz_format' as specified in ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Date::Conversions::DATE_FORMATS. This is often declared in your application.rb file.

Complex example

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class Person < ActiveRecord::Base

  stringify_date :born_on, :format => :nz_format, 

                 :stringified_name => 'birth_date', :required => true, 

                 :required_message => 'is a mandatory field',

                 :invalid_message => 'should be in the format DD/MM/YYYY'

end

Error handling

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Creates an error message on the stringified field if:

  - string does not parse (ie: invalid format supplied)

  - required was true, but not supplied

TODO expand doco

Credits

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Ryan Bates for the original idea in his screencast "Making a plugin" 

http://railscasts.com/episodes/33-making-a-plugin

Radio New Zealand who gave back to the community

http://www.radionz.co.nz

Able Technology for sponsoring further enhancements and testing

http://www.abletech.co.nz

Copyright (c) 2008 Nigel Ramsay, released under the MIT license