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app/models/story.rb

@@ -45,8 +45,19 @@ class Story < Issue
     end
 
     def self.find_all_updated_since(since, project_id)
+      # different databases do date-to-string comparisons in different
+      # ways
+      if ! (since.is_a?(Date) || since.is_a?(DateTime))
+        since = since.to_s
+        if since.match(/:/)
+          since = DateTime.strptime(since, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+        else
+          since = Date.strptime(since, '%Y-%m-%d')
+        end
+      end
+
       find(:all,
-           :conditions => ["project_id=(?) AND updated_on > ? AND tracker_id in (?)", project_id, since, trackers],
+           :conditions => ["project_id = ? AND updated_on > ? AND tracker_id in (?)", project_id, since, trackers],
            :order => "updated_on ASC")
     end
 

app/models/task.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'date'
+
 class Task < Issue
   unloadable
 
@@ -30,9 +32,22 @@ class Task < Issue
     return task
   end
 
+  # TODO: there's an assumption here that impediments always have the
+  # task-tracker as their tracker.
   def self.find_all_updated_since(since, project_id, find_impediments = false)
+    # different databases do date-to-string comparisons in different
+    # ways
+    if ! (since.is_a?(Date) || since.is_a?(DateTime))
+      since = since.to_s
+      if since.match(/:/)
+        since = DateTime.strptime(since, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+      else
+        since = Date.strptime(since, '%Y-%m-%d')
+      end
+    end
+
     find(:all,
-         :conditions => ["project_id=(?) AND updated_on > ? AND tracker_id in (?) and parent_id IS #{ find_impediments ? '' : 'NOT' } NULL", project_id, since, tracker],
+         :conditions => ["project_id = ? AND updated_on > ? AND tracker_id in (?) and parent_id IS #{ find_impediments ? '' : 'NOT' } NULL", project_id, since, tracker],
          :order => "updated_on ASC")
   end
 

features/step_definitions/_when_steps.rb

@@ -131,5 +131,5 @@ end
 
 When /^the browser fetches (.+) updated since (\d+) (\w+) (.+)$/ do |object_type, how_many, period, direction|
   date = eval("#{ how_many }.#{ period }.#{ direction=='from now' ? 'from_now' : 'ago' }")
-  visit url_for(:controller => 'rb_updated_items', :action => :show, :id => @project.id, :only => object_type, :since => date.strftime("%B %d, %Y %H:%M:%S") + '.' + (date.to_f % 1).to_s.split('.')[1])
+  visit url_for(:controller => 'rb_updated_items', :action => :show, :id => @project.id, :only => object_type, :since => date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
 end