Non helpful error message when translations are missing about validates_timeliness

[xaviershay]

This is also an issue when you pass a lambda with no params to :after - it works in 1.8, but throws an argument error in 1.9, which is captured (incorrectly) by the non-specific rescue block, resulting in the unhelpful "restriction 'after' value was invalid" error.

To fix, only catch exceptions that you actually expect.

[adzap]

Sorry I missed this issue comment. Yes absolutely, fixed exception catching and latest version supports 1.9.

[bjorntrondsen]

I just spent a couple of hours trying to figure this one out too.
I would not have had any trouble if the below section had contained all the localizations:

Rails 2.2+ using the I18n system to define new defaults:
en:
activerecord:
errors:
messages:
on_or_before: "must be equal to or before {{restriction}}"
on_or_after: "must be equal to or after {{restriction}}"
between: "must be between {{earliest}} and {{latest}}"

I got the "restriction 'on_or_after' value was invalid", and couldnt for the life of me figure out what was missing, since I had "on_or_after" in the localization file.
It turns out that every translation is needed, even if you're not using all.

Why not include the whole thing in the tutorial? Its only about 6 more lines...

Anyway, now that I got this solved, validates_timeliness is helping me a bunch.
Thanks for creating it!

[adzap]

Hi Sharagoz

Sorry man, that sucks this wasted you time and to be honest I had overlooked resolving this error for a while now. The tutorial is missing them just as an oversight, but I will add them in.

Ultimately this problem needs to be fixed properly and I will do that shortly so it doesn't catch anyone else out.

Adam

[adzap]

Sharagoz has confirmed this is fixed with latest commits