require 'active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors' require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation' require 'multi_json' module ActiveSupport # Look for and parse json strings that look like ISO 8601 times. mattr_accessor :parse_json_times module JSON class << self def decode(json, options ={}) data = MultiJson.decode(json, options) if ActiveSupport.parse_json_times convert_dates_from(data) else data end end def engine MultiJson.engine end alias :backend :engine def engine=(name) MultiJson.engine = name end alias :backend= :engine= def with_backend(name) old_backend, self.backend = backend, name yield ensure self.backend = old_backend end private def convert_dates_from(data) case data when nil nil when DATE_REGEX begin DateTime.parse(data) rescue ArgumentError data end when Array data.map! { |d| convert_dates_from(d) } when Hash data.each do |key, value| data[key] = convert_dates_from(value) end else data end end end end end