moved type cast conversion specs from attribute_methods to validations

spec/attribute_methods_spec.rb

@@ -7,33 +7,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods do
   before do
     @person = Person.new
   end
-  
-  describe "strict_time_type_cast" do
-    it "should return time object for valid time string" do
-      strict_time_type_cast("2000-01-01 12:13:14").should be_kind_of(Time)
-    end
-    
-    it "should return nil for time string with invalid date part" do
-      strict_time_type_cast("2000-02-30 12:13:14").should be_nil
-    end
-    
-    it "should return nil for time string with invalid time part" do
-      strict_time_type_cast("2000-02-01 25:13:14").should be_nil      
-    end
-    
-    it "should return Time object when passed a Time object" do
-      strict_time_type_cast(Time.now).should be_kind_of(Time)
-    end
-    
-    if RAILS_VER >= '2.1'
-      it "should convert time string into current timezone" do
-        Time.zone = 'Melbourne'
-        time = strict_time_type_cast("2000-01-01 12:13:14")
-        Time.zone.utc_offset.should == 10.hours
-      end
-    end
-  end
-  
+
   it "should return string value for attribute_before_type_cast when written as string" do
     time_string = "2000-06-01 01:02:03"
     @person.birth_date_and_time = time_string

spec/validations_spec.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,44 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::Validations do
     Time.now = nil
   end
   
+  describe "timeliness_date_time_parse" do
+    it "should return time object for valid time string" do
+      parse_method("2000-01-01 12:13:14", :datetime).should be_kind_of(Time)
+    end
+    
+    it "should return nil for time string with invalid date part" do
+      parse_method("2000-02-30 12:13:14", :datetime).should be_nil
+    end
+    
+    it "should return nil for time string with invalid time part" do
+      parse_method("2000-02-01 25:13:14", :datetime).should be_nil      
+    end
+    
+    it "should return Time object when passed a Time object" do
+      parse_method(Time.now, :datetime).should be_kind_of(Time)
+    end
+        
+    if RAILS_VER >= '2.1'
+      it "should convert time string into current timezone" do
+        Time.zone = 'Melbourne'
+        time = parse_method("2000-01-01 12:13:14", :datetime)
+        Time.zone.utc_offset.should == 10.hours
+      end
+    end
+    
+    it "should return Date object valid date string" do
+      parse_method("2000-02-01", :date).should be_kind_of(Date)
+    end
+    
+    it "should return nil for invalid date string" do
+      parse_method("2000-02-30", :date).should be_nil      
+    end
+        
+    def parse_method(*args)
+      ActiveRecord::Base.timeliness_date_time_parse(*args)
+    end
+  end
+   
   describe "with no restrictions" do
     before :all do
       class BasicValidation < Person