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]]> By: Scott Motte http://scottmotte.com/archives/10#comment-242 Scott Motte Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:16:59 +0000 http://scottmotte.com/?p=10#comment-242 require 'chronic' class Service < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :location belongs_to :obituary validates_presence_of :name def before_save self.start_time = Chronic.parse(self.start_time_before_type_cast) if self.start_time_before_type_cast self.end_time = Chronic.parse(self.end_time_before_type_cast) if self.end_time_before_type_cast end protected def validate errors.add(:location_id, "can't be blank") if location_id.blank? errors.add :start_time, 'is not a valid date. Try removing any commas.' if Chronic.parse(start_time_before_type_cast).nil? end end require ‘chronic’
class Service < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :location
belongs_to :obituary
validates_presence_of :name

def before_save
self.start_time = Chronic.parse(self.start_time_before_type_cast) if self.start_time_before_type_cast
self.end_time = Chronic.parse(self.end_time_before_type_cast) if self.end_time_before_type_cast
end

protected
def validate
errors.add(:location_id, “can’t be blank”) if location_id.blank?
errors.add :start_time, ‘is not a valid date. Try removing any commas.’ if Chronic.parse(start_time_before_type_cast).nil?
end
end

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