From a1550b3378386ef89ad8cd2118ab99237579db04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kris Brown <kris@kris.me.uk>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:21:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] allow date to be specified in the front matter and override
 the value from the file name, fixes #62 and #38

---
 lib/jekyll/post.rb                                  |  7 +++++++
 test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-date-override.textile |  5 +++++
 test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-time-override.textile |  5 +++++
 test/test_generated_site.rb                         |  2 +-
 test/test_post.rb                                   | 10 ++++++++++
 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-date-override.textile
 create mode 100644 test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-time-override.textile

diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 914cfd59..c58f46e6 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ module Jekyll
       self.process(name)
       self.read_yaml(@base, name)
 
+      #If we've added a date and time to the yaml, use that instead of the filename date
+      #Means we'll sort correctly.
+      if self.data.has_key?('date')
+        # ensure Time via to_s and reparse
+        self.date = Time.parse(self.data["date"].to_s)
+      end
+
       if self.data.has_key?('published') && self.data['published'] == false
         self.published = false
       else
diff --git a/test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-date-override.textile b/test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-date-override.textile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efe8af4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-date-override.textile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+date: 2010-01-10
+---
+
+Post with a front matter date
diff --git a/test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-time-override.textile b/test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-time-override.textile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f80065a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/_posts/2010-01-09-time-override.textile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+date: 2010-01-10 13:07:09
+---
+
+Post with a front matter time
diff --git a/test/test_generated_site.rb b/test/test_generated_site.rb
index 357dd4db..46e0a75d 100644
--- a/test/test_generated_site.rb
+++ b/test/test_generated_site.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class TestGeneratedSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     should "ensure post count is as expected" do
-      assert_equal 18, @site.posts.size
+      assert_equal 20, @site.posts.size
     end
 
     should "insert site.posts into the index" do
diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
index b4b4502d..5cc11eaa 100644
--- a/test/test_post.rb
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert_equal false, post.published
       end
 
+      should "recognize date in yaml" do
+        post = setup_post("2010-01-09-date-override.textile")
+        assert_equal "/2010/01/10/date-override.html", post.url
+      end
+
+      should "recognize time in yaml" do
+        post = setup_post("2010-01-09-time-override.textile")
+        assert_equal "/2010/01/10/time-override.html", post.url
+      end
+
       should "recognize category in yaml" do
         post = setup_post("2009-01-27-category.textile")
         assert post.categories.include?('foo')