Pass Date object to Liquid instead of a Hash

Author: alfredxing

lib/jekyll-archives/archive.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ class Archive
     ATTRIBUTES_FOR_LIQUID = %w[
       posts
       type
-      name
     ]
 
     # Initialize a new Archive page
@@ -96,6 +95,13 @@ def to_liquid(attrs = nil)
         [attribute, send(attribute)]
       }]
 
+      further_data["name"] = if @name.is_a? Hash
+        args = @name.values.map { |s| s.to_i }
+        Date.new(*args)
+      else
+        @name
+      end
+
       Utils.deep_merge_hashes(data, further_data)
     end