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@@ -619,6 +619,30 @@ It is also possible to pass a custom serializer that responds to `load` and
Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = MyCustomSerializer
```
+When using the `:json` or `:hybrid` serializer, you should beware that not all
+Ruby objects can be serialized as JSON. For example, `Date` and `Time` objects
+will be serialized as strings, and `Hash`es will have their keys stringified.
+
+```ruby
+class CookiesController < ApplicationController
+ def set_cookie
+ cookies.encrypted[:expiration_date] = Date.tomorrow # => Thu, 20 Mar 2014
+ redirect_to action: 'read_cookie'
+ end
+
+ def read_cookie
+ cookies.encrypted[:expiration_date] # => "2014-03-20"
+ end
+end
+```
+
+It's advisable that you only store simple data (strings and numbers) in cookies.
+If you have to store complex objects, you would need to handle the conversion
+manually when reading the values on subsequent requests.
+
+If you use the cookie session store, this would apply to the `session` and
+`flash` hash as well.
+
Rendering XML and JSON data
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