class Date

:nodoc:

def as_json(options = nil)

# => "2005/02/01"
Date.new(2005,2,1).to_json
# With ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format = false

# => "2005-02-01"
Date.new(2005,2,1).to_json
# With ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format = true

==== Examples

ISO 8601 format is used if ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format is set.

Coerces the date to a string for JSON encoding. 
def as_json(options = nil)
  if ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format
    strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
  else
    strftime("%Y/%m/%d")
  end
end