class Time #:nodoc:

  # Returns a new Time created from the ISO date format String "YYYYMMDDhhmmss"
  def self.from_iso(t)
    return nil unless t
    if t.to_s =~ /^(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})$/
      utc($1.to_i, $2.to_i, $3.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i, $6.to_i)
    else
      raise ArgumentError, "invalid iso time format: #{t}"
    end
  end

  # Returns the Time as ISO date format String "YYYYMMDDhhmmss"
  def to_iso
    getutc.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
  end

end