class Champs::DateChamp < Champ before_validation :convert_to_iso8601, unless: -> { validation_context == :prefill } validate :iso_8601 def search_terms # Text search is pretty useless for dates so we’re not including these champs end private def convert_to_iso8601 return if likely_iso8601_format? && parsable_iso8601? self.value = if /^\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{4}$/.match?(value) Date.parse(value).iso8601 else nil end end def iso_8601 return if parsable_iso8601? || value.blank? # i18n-tasks-use t('errors.messages.not_a_date') errors.add :date, :not_a_date end def likely_iso8601_format? /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.match?(value) end def parsable_iso8601? Date.parse(value) true rescue ArgumentError, # case 2023-27-02, out of range TypeError # nil false end end