require 'json' unless defined?(JSON) module ActiveSupport module JSON module Backends module JSONGem ParseError = ::JSON::ParserError extend self # Converts a JSON string into a Ruby object. def decode(json) data = ::JSON.parse(json) if ActiveSupport.parse_json_times convert_dates_from(data) else data end end private def convert_dates_from(data) case data when DATE_REGEX DateTime.parse(data) 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 end end end end