require "rubygems"
require "active_record"

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => "sqlite3", :database => ":memory:")
ActiveRecord::Schema.define { create_table(:things) {|t| t.timestamp :hugged_at } }

class Thing < ActiveRecord::Base
end

p Thing.create!("hugged_at(1i)" => "1986", "hugged_at(2i)" => "8", "hugged_at(3i)" => "22").hugged_at
# => Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 +0200 1986