Merge remote branch 'remotes/old/master'

Conflicts:
	README.md
	couchrest.gemspec
	lib/couchrest.rb
	lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb

lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ module CouchRest
             # 'boolean' type is simply used to generate a property? accessor method
             elsif ((property.init_method == 'new') && target == 'boolean')
               self[key]
+            elsif ((property.init_method == 'new') && target == 'Date') 
+                self[key].is_a?(String) ? Date.parse(self[key].dup) : self[key]
             else
               # Let people use :send as a Time parse arg
               klass = ::CouchRest.constantize(target)

lib/couchrest/more/extended_document.rb

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ module CouchRest
     # if the document is not saved properly.
     def save!
       raise "#{self.inspect} failed to save" unless self.save
+      true
     end
 
     # Deletes the document from the database. Runs the :destroy callbacks.