    # File lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb, line 116
          def self.string_to_dummy_time(string)
            return string unless string.is_a?(String)
            time_array = ParseDate.parsedate(string)
            # pad the resulting array with dummy date information
            time_array[0] = 2000; time_array[1] = 1; time_array[2] = 1;
            Time.send(Base.default_timezone, *time_array) rescue nil
          end