Merge pull request #5127 from ayastreb/date-filter-fix

Merge pull request 5127

lib/jekyll/filters.rb

@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ module Jekyll
       when Numeric
         Time.at(input)
       else
-        Jekyll.logger.error "Invalid Date:", "'#{input}' is not a valid datetime."
-        exit(1)
+        raise Errors::InvalidDateError,
+          "Invalid Date: '#{input.inspect}' is not a valid datetime."
       end.localtime
     end
 

test/test_filters.rb

@@ -268,6 +268,15 @@ class TestFilters < JekyllUnitTest
           )
         end
       end
+
+      context "without input" do
+        should "raise an error if input is nil" do
+          err = assert_raises Jekyll::Errors::InvalidDateError do
+            @filter.date_to_xmlschema(nil)
+          end
+          assert_equal "Invalid Date: 'nil' is not a valid datetime.", err.message
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     should "escape xml with ampersands" do