not sure if it helps, but Adam the author of validates_timeliness has this to say
>From the stack trace it appears that the plugin parser is not being used. I think the plugin is not compatible with Hobo for some reason. My guess is that Hobo is overriding something in ActiveRecord and removing the plugin hooks which is preventing its proper operation. http://github.com/adzap/validates_timeliness/issues/issue/12/#issue/12/comment/326416 On Jul 26, 3:03 am, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 23, 2010, at 6:20 PM, storitel wrote: > > > I had been using the datepicker, but had to drop it because the format > > order wasn't always being picked up properly. once i get the agility/ > > selenium setup running i will try to replicate that... > > > meantime, i guess this *is* a bug? if it's a problem in rails/ > > validates_timeliness, it's even more surprising... > > Looks like we either need to borrow the Rails fallback code for this, > or figure out how to get out the attribute parsing business entirely. > Here's how Rails avoids the error: > > begin > values = values_with_empty_parameters.collect do | > v| v.nil? ? 1 : v end > Date.new(*values) > rescue ArgumentError => ex # if Date.new raises an > exception on an invalid date > instantiate_time_object(name, values).to_date # we > instantiate Time object and convert it back to a date thus using > Time's logic in handling invalid dates > end > > I was kind of disappointed when I found this; I was hoping there was a > slightly more glamorous solution than just swallowing the exception > and punting. Apparently not. :) > > Tom, Bryan - do either of you recall why we're manually parsing those > attributes in convert_type_for_mass_assignment? Is it still needed in > 2.3? > > --Matt Jones -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
