validates_timeliness/lib/validates_timeliness/extensions/date_time_select.rb

module ValidatesTimeliness
  module Extensions
    module DateTimeSelect
      extend ActiveSupport::Concern

      # Intercepts the date and time select helpers to reuse the values from
      # the params rather than the parsed value. This allows invalid date/time
      # values to be redisplayed instead of blanks to aid correction by the user.
      # It's a minor usability improvement which is rarely an issue for the user.

      included do
        alias_method_chain :datetime_selector, :timeliness
        alias_method_chain :value, :timeliness
      end

      module InstanceMethods

        class TimelinessDateTime
          
          attr_accessor :year, :month, :day, :hour, :min, :sec
          
          def initialize(year, month, day, hour, min, sec)
            @year  = year
            @month = month
            @day   = day
            @hour  = hour
            @min   = min
            @sec   = sec
          end
          
          # adapted from activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 36 (3.0.7)
          def change(options)
            TimelinessDateTime.new(
              options[:year]  || year,
              options[:month] || month,
              options[:day]   || day,
              options[:hour]  || hour,
              options[:min]   || (options[:hour] ? 0 : min),
              options[:sec]   || ((options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : sec)
            )
          end        
        end
        
        def datetime_selector_with_timeliness(*args)
          @timeliness_date_or_time_tag = true
          datetime_selector_without_timeliness(*args)
        end

        def value(object)
          unless @timeliness_date_or_time_tag && @template_object.params[@object_name]
            return super
          end

          pairs = @template_object.params[@object_name].select {|k,v| k =~ /^#{@method_name}\(/ }
          return super if pairs.empty?

          values = [nil] * 6
          pairs.map do |(param, value)|
            position = param.scan(/\((\d+)\w+\)/).first.first
            values[position.to_i-1] = value.to_i
          end

          TimelinessDateTime.new(*values)
        end
      end

    end
  end
end