lib/timerage.rb in timerage-1.2.0 vs lib/timerage.rb in timerage-1.3.0

@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 require "timerage/version"
+require "time"
 
 module Timerage
   autoload :TimeInterval, "timerage/time_interval"
+
+  # Returns a Time or Timerage::TimeInterval representation of the
+  # iso8601 str.
+  #
+  # --
+  #
+  # Currently this only supports `<begin>/<end>` style time intervals.
+  def self.parse_iso8601(str)
+    TimeInterval.iso8601(str)
+  rescue ArgumentError
+    Time.iso8601(str)
+  end
 
   refine Range do
     def step(n, &blk)
       if self.begin.kind_of?(Time) || self.begin.kind_of?(Date)
         Timerage::TimeInterval.new(self).step(n, &blk)