Move date parser to separate module

lib/textParsers.js

@@ -1,84 +1,7 @@
 var array = require('postgres-array')
 var ap = require('ap')
 var arrayParser = require(__dirname + "/arrayParser.js");
-
-//parses PostgreSQL server formatted date strings into javascript date objects
-var parseDate = function(isoDate) {
-  //TODO this could do w/ a refactor
-  var dateMatcher = /(\d{1,})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})(\.\d{1,})?/;
-
-  var match = dateMatcher.exec(isoDate);
-  //could not parse date
-  if(!match) {
-    dateMatcher = /^(\d{1,})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/;
-    match = dateMatcher.test(isoDate);
-    if(!match) {
-      return null;
-    } else {
-      //it is a date in YYYY-MM-DD format
-      //add time portion to force js to parse as local time
-      return new Date(isoDate + ' 00:00:00');
-    }
-  }
-  var isBC = /BC$/.test(isoDate);
-  var _year = parseInt(match[1], 10);
-  var isFirstCentury = (_year > 0) && (_year < 100);
-  var year = (isBC ? "-" : "") + match[1];
-
-  var month = parseInt(match[2],10)-1;
-  var day = match[3];
-  var hour = parseInt(match[4],10);
-  var min = parseInt(match[5],10);
-  var seconds = parseInt(match[6], 10);
-
-  var miliString = match[7];
-  var mili = 0;
-  if(miliString) {
-    mili = 1000 * parseFloat(miliString);
-  }
-
-  //match timezones like the following:
-  //Z (UTC)
-  //-05
-  //+06:30
-  var tZone = /([Z|+\-])(\d{2})?:?(\d{2})?:?(\d{2})?/.exec(isoDate.split(' ')[1]);
-  //minutes to adjust for timezone
-  var tzAdjust = 0;
-  var tzSign = 1;
-  var date;
-  if(tZone) {
-    var type = tZone[1];
-    switch(type) {
-    case 'Z':
-      break;
-    case '-':
-      tzSign = -1;
-    case '+':
-      tzAdjust = tzSign * (
-        (parseInt(tZone[2], 10) * 3600) +
-        (parseInt(tZone[3] || 0, 10) * 60) +
-        (parseInt(tZone[4] || 0, 10))
-      );
-      break;
-    default:
-      throw new Error("Unidentifed tZone part " + type);
-    }
-
-    var utcOffset = Date.UTC(year, month, day, hour, min, seconds, mili);
-
-    date = new Date(utcOffset - (tzAdjust * 1000));
-  }
-  //no timezone information
-  else {
-    date = new Date(year, month, day, hour, min, seconds, mili);
-  }
-
-  if (isFirstCentury) {
-    date.setUTCFullYear(year);
-  }
-
-  return date;
-};
+var parseDate = require('postgres-date');
 
 function allowNull (fn) {
   return function nullAllowed (value) {

package.json

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "ap": "~0.2.0",
-    "postgres-array": "~1.0.0"
+    "postgres-array": "~1.0.0",
+    "postgres-date": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }