Merge pull request #179 from tonyseek/for-json

Add "for_json" method to support simplejson serialization. Thanks @tonyseek

arrow/arrow.py

@@ -800,6 +800,9 @@ def strftime(self, format):
 
         return self._datetime.strftime(format)
 
+    def for_json(self):
+        '''Serializes for the ``for_json`` protocol of simplejson.'''
+        return self.isoformat()
 
     # internal tools.
 

requirements.txt

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ nose==1.3.0
 nose-cov==1.6
 chai==0.4.0
 sphinx==1.2b1
+simplejson==3.6.5

tests/arrow_tests.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from dateutil import tz
+import simplejson as json
 import calendar
 import pickle
 import time
@@ -386,6 +387,12 @@ def test_isoformat(self):
 
         assertEqual(result, self.arrow._datetime.isoformat())
 
+    def test_simplejson(self):
+
+        result = json.dumps({'v': self.arrow.for_json()}, for_json=True)
+
+        assertEqual(json.loads(result)['v'], self.arrow._datetime.isoformat())
+
     def test_ctime(self):
 
         result = self.arrow.ctime()