module ActiveSupport::JSON

def convert_dates_from(data)
  case data
  when nil
    nil
  when DATE_REGEX
    begin
      DateTime.parse(data)
    rescue ArgumentError
      data
    end
  when Array
    data.map! { |d| convert_dates_from(d) }
  when Hash
    data.each do |key, value|
      data[key] = convert_dates_from(value)
    end
  else
    data
  end
end