Default date parsing with locale

gistfile1.rb

module ActiveRecord
  module ConnectionAdapters
    class Column
      class << self
        protected
          def fallback_string_to_date(string)
            format = I18n.t("date.formats.default")
            date = begin
              ::Date._strptime(string, format)
            rescue
              ::Date._parse(string, false)
            end
            new_date(*date.values_at(:year, :mon, :mday))
          end
      end
    end
  end
end