Add friendly error message for invalid dates

Catch the `ArgumentError` when parsing dates from the YAML front
matter
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Alfred Xing 2014-07-30 12:48:29 -07:00
parent cfe9983741
commit f8c19df79a
1 changed files with 8 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -61,7 +61,14 @@ module Jekyll
end
if data.key?('date')
begin
self.date = Time.parse(data["date"].to_s)
rescue ArgumentError
path = File.join(@dir || "", name)
msg = "Post '#{path}' does not have a valid date in the YAML front matter.\n"
msg << "Fix the date, or exclude the file or directory from being processed"
raise Errors::FatalException.new(msg)
end
end
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