class PG::TextDecoder::Date

As soon as this class is used, it requires the ruby standard library ‘date’.
This is a decoder class for conversion of PostgreSQL date type to Ruby Date values.

def decode(string, tuple=nil, field=nil) 

def decode(string, tuple=nil, field=nil)
	if string =~ /\A(\d{4})-(\d\d)-(\d\d)\z/
		::Date.new $1.to_i, $2.to_i, $3.to_i
	else
		string
	end
end