for DATE columns, return ruby Date object instead of Time (didn't realize I could create them from y,m,d integers without ActiveSupport)

ext/mysql2_ext.c

@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static VALUE rb_mysql_result_fetch_row(int argc, VALUE * argv, VALUE self) {
             val = Qnil;
           } else {
             strptime(row[i], "%F", &parsedTime);
-            val = rb_funcall(rb_cTime, intern_local, 3, INT2NUM(1900+parsedTime.tm_year), INT2NUM(parsedTime.tm_mon+1), INT2NUM(parsedTime.tm_mday));
+            val = rb_funcall(cDate, intern_new, 3, INT2NUM(1900+parsedTime.tm_year), INT2NUM(parsedTime.tm_mon+1), INT2NUM(parsedTime.tm_mday));
           }
           break;
         case MYSQL_TYPE_TINY_BLOB:

lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           when :float         then Float
           when :decimal       then BigDecimal
           when :datetime      then Time
-          when :date          then Time
+          when :date          then Date
           when :timestamp     then Time
           when :time          then Time
           when :text, :string then String

spec/mysql2/result_spec.rb

@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ describe Mysql2::Result do
     end
 
     {
-      'date_test' => 'DATE',
       'date_time_test' => 'DATETIME',
       'timestamp_test' => 'TIMESTAMP',
       'time_test' => 'TIME'
@@ -150,6 +149,14 @@ describe Mysql2::Result do
       end
     end
 
+    {
+      'date_test' => 'DATE'
+    }.each do |field, type|
+      it "should return a Date for #{type}" do
+        @test_result[field].class.should eql(Date)
+      end
+    end
+
     {
       'char_test' => 'CHAR',
       'varchar_test' => 'VARCHAR',