# convert date columns to numerics class Masticate::Datify < Masticate::Base def configure(opts) standard_options(opts) @field = opts[:field] or raise "missing field to datify" @format = opts[:format] or raise "strptime format required for parsing timestamps" end def datify(opts) execute(opts) end def crunch(row) if !@index if @field.is_a?(Fixnum) || @field =~ /^\d+/ @index = @field.to_i else @index = row.index(@field) or raise "Unable to find column '#{@field}'" end elsif row row[@index] = DateTime.strptime(row[@index], @format).to_time.to_i rescue nil end row end end