Module to provide helper methods for interpreting American formatted date strings.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'interpret_date'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install interpret_date

To utilize interpret_date, mix in the InterpretDate module into a class that needs to interpret American formatted dates into ruby Date objects and pass the date string into the interpret_date or interpret_dob_date.

Example (setting attributes for an example ActiveRecord model):

class Parcel < ActiveRecord::Base
  include InterpretDate

  def shipping_date=(value)
    super(interpret_date(value))
  end

  def birthdate=(value)
    super(interpret_dob_date(value))
  end
end

You can also utilize InterpretDate with the ActiveRecord Attribute API to automatically cast dates with their interpreted values.

class Parcel < ActiveRecord::Base
  attribute :shipping_date, InterpretDate::DateType.new
end

If you plan on using the Date Type extensively you can register it in an initializer.

# config/initializers/types.rb
ActiveRecord::Type.register(:interpreted_date, InterpretDate::DateType)

class Parcel < ActiveRecord::Base
  attribute :shipping_date, :interpreted_date
end

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/sqm/interpret_date/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request