class AWS::Record::Attributes::DateAttr

@private

# File lib/aws/record/attributes.rb, line 312
def self.allow_set?
  true
end

Returns a Date object encoded as a string (suitable for sorting).

attribute.serialize(DateTime.parse('2001-01-01'))
#=> '2001-01-01'

@param [Date] datetime The date to serialize.

@param [Hash] options

@return [String] Returns the date object serialized to a string

('YYYY-MM-DD').

# File lib/aws/record/attributes.rb, line 304
def self.serialize date, options = {}
  unless date.is_a?(Date)
    raise ArgumentError, "expected a Date value, got #{date.class}"
  end
  date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
end

Returns value cast to a Date object. Empty strings are cast to nil. Values are cast first to strings and then passed to Date.parse. Integers are treated as timestamps.

date_attribute.type_cast('2000-01-02T10:11:12Z')
#=> #<Date: 4903091/2,0,2299161>

date_attribute.type_cast(1306170146)
#<Date: 4911409/2,0,2299161>

date_attribute.type_cast('')
#=> nil

date_attribute.type_cast(nil)
#=> nil

@param [Mixed] raw_value The value to cast to a Date object. @param [Hash] options @return [Date,nil]

# File lib/aws/record/attributes.rb, line 272
def self.type_cast raw_value, options = {}
  case raw_value
  when nil      then nil
  when ''       then nil
  when Date     then raw_value
  when Integer  then 
    begin
      Date.parse(Time.at(raw_value).to_s) # assumed timestamp
    rescue
      nil
    end
  else 
    begin
      Date.parse(raw_value.to_s) # Time, DateTime or String
    rescue
      nil
    end
  end
end