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Hey, I''ve noticed that I seem unable to get a _before_type_cast value for dates in 2.1. Specifically, if I assign a date string to a date attribute, and then call attribute_before_type_cast I get a TimeWithZone instead of a String: model.start_date = "2001/01/02" model.start_date.class = ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone model.start_date_before_type_cast.class =

...n examples are Contact Us forms, multi-step forms, web service paramater validations, etc. I took a look at the source for Validations, and it seems that it is very independent from ActiveRecord. I caught only three depenedencies: 1. validates_numericy --> depends on ActiveRecords'' before_type_case 2. The exceptions were from the ActiveRecord namespace 3. Including Validations hooked on methods like save It would seem to me that Validations would be best off as an independent mixin. All ActiveRecord would need to do is mix it, add validates_numericay (1), catch the exceptions and rethrow...