From b02ba76c8aaa66c61a054a08c71279ef63972e04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Taillandier <frank.taillandier@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:27:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Test number_like regex on stringified property (#7788)

Merge pull request 7788
---
 lib/jekyll/filters.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
index 0353e857..e52eb7d5 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ module Jekyll
     # return numeric values as numbers for proper sorting
     def parse_sort_input(property)
       number_like = %r!\A\s*-?(?:\d+\.?\d*|\.\d+)\s*\Z!
-      return property.to_f if property =~ number_like
+      return property.to_f if property.to_s =~ number_like
 
       property
     end