app/models/popolo/date_string.rb
module Popolo
# A date expressed as a string.
# @see http://mongoid.org/en/mongoid/docs/documents.html#custom_fields
class DateString < String
def mongoize
self.class.mongoize(self)
end
class << self
def demongoize(object)
object.blank? ? nil : Date.parse(object) rescue object
end
def mongoize(object)
object.blank? ? nil : object.to_s
end
def evolve(object)
mongoize(object)
end
end
end
end