1  require 'date'
   2 
   3  module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
   4    module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
   5      module String #:nodoc:
   6        # Converting strings to other objects
   7        module Conversions
   8          # 'a'.ord == 'a'[0] for Ruby 1.9 forward compatibility.
   9          def ord
  10            self[0]
  11          end if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
  12 
  13          # Form can be either :utc (default) or :local.
  14          def to_time(form = :utc)
  15            ::Time.send("#{form}_time", *::Date._parse(self, false).values_at(:year, :mon, :mday, :hour, :min, :sec).map { |arg| arg || 0 })
  16          end
  17 
  18          def to_date
  19            ::Date.new(*::Date._parse(self, false).values_at(:year, :mon, :mday))
  20          end
  21 
  22          def to_datetime
  23            ::DateTime.civil(*::Date._parse(self, false).values_at(:year, :mon, :mday, :hour, :min, :sec).map { |arg| arg || 0 })
  24          end
  25        end
  26      end
  27    end
  28  end