From f7edcceb70281fca0ef2a9a95a5b64ffa7d620db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Hawks <pat@pathawks.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:15:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Check return value of `to_date`

---
 lib/jekyll/filters.rb | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
index 06a09345..5ca2e10a 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
@@ -347,12 +347,12 @@ module Jekyll
 
     private
     def time(input)
-      begin
-        Liquid::Utils.to_date(input).to_time
-      rescue NoMethodError
+      date = Liquid::Utils.to_date(input)
+      unless date.respond_to?(:strftime)
         raise Errors::InvalidDateError,
           "Invalid Date: '#{input.inspect}' is not a valid datetime."
-      end.localtime
+      end
+      date.to_time.localtime
     end
 
     private