From b9f11a1f7b003768a0f53a72d4d7d6de22754b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Meehan <adam.meehan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:06:08 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed bug with attribute cache not clearing on write for date
 and time columns

---
 CHANGELOG                                     |  3 +++
 lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb |  2 +-
 spec/attribute_methods_spec.rb                | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 43f6a1e..0485886 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[2008-08-22]
+  - fixed bug with attribute cache not clearing on write for date and time columns
+  
 [2008-08-07]
   - modified matcher option value parsing to allow same value types as validation method
   - fixed matcher message
diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
index 96a52b4..ecd7ae2 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
       def define_write_method_for_dates_and_times(attr_name, type)
         method_body = <<-EOV
           def #{attr_name}=(value)
-            @attributes_cache['#{attr_name}'] ||= self.class.parse_date_time(value, :#{type})
+            @attributes_cache['#{attr_name}'] = self.class.parse_date_time(value, :#{type})
             @attributes['#{attr_name}'] = value
           end
         EOV
diff --git a/spec/attribute_methods_spec.rb b/spec/attribute_methods_spec.rb
index 91f8c48..2efc579 100644
--- a/spec/attribute_methods_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/attribute_methods_spec.rb
@@ -108,5 +108,15 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods do
     time = @person.birth_date_and_time
     @person.birth_date_and_time.should == time
   end
+  
+  it "should return correct value after new value assigned" do
+    today = Date.today
+    tomorrow = Date.today + 1.day    
+    @person = Person.new
+    @person.birth_date = today
+    @person.birth_date.should == today
+    @person.birth_date = tomorrow
+    @person.birth_date.should == tomorrow
+  end
  
 end