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File: addon/transforms/date.js

import Transform from './transform';

/**
 The `DS.DateTransform` class is used to serialize and deserialize
 date attributes on Ember Data record objects. This transform is used
 when `date` is passed as the type parameter to the
 [DS.attr](../../data#method_attr) function. It uses the [`ISO 8601`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601)
 standard.

 ```app/models/score.js
 import DS from 'ember-data';

 export default DS.Model.extend({
    value: DS.attr('number'),
    player: DS.belongsTo('player'),
    date: DS.attr('date')
  });
 ```

 @class DateTransform
 @extends DS.Transform
 @namespace DS
 */

export default Transform.extend({
  deserialize(serialized) {
    let type = typeof serialized;

    if (type === 'string') {
      let offset = serialized.indexOf('+');

      if (offset !== -1 && serialized.length - 5 === offset) {
        offset += 3;
        return new Date(serialized.slice(0, offset) + ':' + serialized.slice(offset));
      }
      return new Date(serialized);
    } else if (type === 'number') {
      return new Date(serialized);
    } else if (serialized === null || serialized === undefined) {
      // if the value is null return null
      // if the value is not present in the data return undefined
      return serialized;
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  },

  serialize(date) {
    if (date instanceof Date && !isNaN(date)) {
      return date.toISOString();
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  },
});