actually use the plugin parser in the write method (yikes)

lib/validates_timeliness.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions'
 
 module ValidatesTimeliness
+  autoload :Parser,  'validates_timeliness/parser'
   autoload :VERSION, 'validates_timeliness/version'
 
   # Add plugin to supported ORMs (only :active_record for now)
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
   end
 end
 
-require 'validates_timeliness/parser'
 require 'validates_timeliness/conversion'
 require 'validates_timeliness/validator'
 require 'validates_timeliness/helper_methods'

lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
           def #{attr_name}=(value)
             @attributes_cache ||= {}
             @attributes_cache["_#{attr_name}_before_type_cast"] = value
+            #{ "value = ValidatesTimeliness::Parser.parse(value, :#{type}) if value.is_a?(String)" if ValidatesTimeliness.use_plugin_parser }
             super
           end
         EOV