1 files changed, 0 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/api/helpers.rb b/lib/api/helpers.rb
index 13896dd91b9..7b6fae866eb 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers.rb
@@ -160,22 +160,6 @@ module API
       ActionController::Parameters.new(attrs).permit!
     end
 
-    # Checks the occurrences of datetime attributes, each attribute if present in the params hash must be in ISO 8601
-    # format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ) or a Bad Request error is invoked.
-    #
-    # Parameters:
-    #   keys (required) - An array consisting of elements that must be parseable as dates from the params hash
-    def datetime_attributes!(*keys)
-      keys.each do |key|
-        begin
-          params[key] = Time.xmlschema(params[key]) if params[key].present?
-        rescue ArgumentError
-          message = "\"" + key.to_s + "\" must be a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ"
-          render_api_error!(message, 400)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     def filter_by_iid(items, iid)
       items.where(iid: iid)
     end