lib/gorillib/datetime/parse.rb in gorillib-0.0.7 vs lib/gorillib/datetime/parse.rb in gorillib-0.0.8

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
+require 'time'
+require 'date'
 class Time
   #
   # Parses the time but never fails.
   # Return value is always in the UTC time zone.
   #
   # A flattened datetime -- a 14-digit YYYYmmddHHMMMSS -- is fixed to the UTC
   # time zone by parsing it as YYYYmmddHHMMMSSZ <- 'Z' at end
   #
   def self.parse_safely dt
-    return nil if dt.blank?
+    return nil if dt.nil? || (dt.respond_to?(:empty) && dt.empty?)
     begin
       case
       when dt.is_a?(Time)               then dt.utc
       when (dt.to_s =~ /\A\d{14}\z/)    then parse(dt.to_s+'Z', true)
       else                                   parse(dt.to_s,     true).utc