require 'date' require 'active_support/core_ext/time/calculations' class String # 'a'.ord == 'a'[0] for Ruby 1.9 forward compatibility. def ord self[0] end unless method_defined?(:ord) # Form can be either :utc (default) or :local. def to_time(form = :utc) d = ::Date._parse(self, false).values_at(:year, :mon, :mday, :hour, :min, :sec, :sec_fraction).map { |arg| arg || 0 } d[6] *= 1000000 ::Time.send("#{form}_time", *d) end def to_date ::Date.new(*::Date._parse(self, false).values_at(:year, :mon, :mday)) end def to_datetime d = ::Date._parse(self, false).values_at(:year, :mon, :mday, :hour, :min, :sec, :zone, :sec_fraction).map { |arg| arg || 0 } d[5] += d.pop ::DateTime.civil(*d) end end