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lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb

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+
+# this file must be loaded after the JSON gem
+
+class Time
+  # this date format sorts lexicographically
+  # and is compatible with Javascript's new Date(time_string) constructor
+  # note that sorting will break if you store times from multiple timezones
+  # I like to add a ENV['TZ'] = 'UTC' to my apps
+
+  def to_json(options = nil)
+    %("#{strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %z")}")
+  end
+
+  # this works to decode the outputted time format
+  # copied from ActiveSupport
+  # def self.parse string, fallback=nil
+  #   d = DateTime.parse(string).new_offset
+  #   self.utc(d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, d.min, d.sec)
+  # rescue
+  #   fallback
+  # end
+end