From 4400fec234e3272f2be6e0ccd609fa335c1f7465 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Dean Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 23:57:52 -0600 Subject: added String#to_date documentation to Rails 4 upgrade guide [ci skip] --- guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md index 8be7a86d20..ff4d30b4c0 100644 --- a/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/4_0_release_notes.md @@ -173,6 +173,19 @@ Please refer to the [Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/activ * `Object#try` will now return nil instead of raise a NoMethodError if the receiving object does not implement the method, but you can still get the old behavior by using the new `Object#try!`. +* `String#to_date` now raises `Argument Error: invalid date` instead of `NoMethodError: undefined method 'div' for nil:NilClass` + when given an invalid date. It is now the same as `Date.parse`, and it accepts more invalid dates than 3.x, such as: + + ``` + # ActiveSupport 3.x + "asdf".to_date # => NoMethodError: undefined method `div' for nil:NilClass + "333".to_date # => NoMethodError: undefined method `div' for nil:NilClass + + # ActiveSupport 4 + "asdf".to_date # => ArgumentError: invalid date + "333".to_date # => Fri, 29 Nov 2013 + ``` + ### Deprecations * Deprecate `ActiveSupport::TestCase#pending` method, use `skip` from MiniTest instead. -- cgit v1.2.3