Improve Duration.build String input support

Addresses rails/rails github issue rails#37012 by ensuring the value in the objects instantiated by .build is always an integer or float

activesupport/lib/active_support/duration.rb

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ def years(value) #:nodoc:
       #
       def build(value)
         parts = {}
+
         remainder = value.to_f
 
         PARTS.each do |part|
@@ -194,7 +195,15 @@ def build(value)
 
         parts[:seconds] = remainder
 
-        new(value, parts)
+        value_to_instantiate =
+          case value.class
+          when Integer
+            value
+          else
+            value_as_processed = value.to_f
+            (value_as_processed % 1 == 0) ? value_as_processed.to_i : value_as_processed
+          end
+        new(value_to_instantiate, parts)
       end
 
       private

activesupport/test/core_ext/duration_test.rb

@@ -661,6 +661,26 @@ def test_durations_survive_yaml_serialization
     assert_equal 660, (d1 + 60).to_i
   end
 
+  def test_less_than_comparator_following_build
+    a_duration_from_string, a_duration_from_integer = durations_for_build_test
+    string_duration_smaller_than_integer_duration =
+      begin
+        a_duration_from_string < a_duration_from_integer
+      rescue ArgumentError => _e
+        "error raised"
+      end
+
+    assert_not string_duration_smaller_than_integer_duration == "error raised"
+    assert string_duration_smaller_than_integer_duration == false
+  end
+
+  def test_equality_following_build
+    a_duration_from_string, a_duration_from_integer = durations_for_build_test
+    string_duration_equals_integer_duration = a_duration_from_string == a_duration_from_integer
+
+    assert string_duration_equals_integer_duration == true
+  end
+
   private
     def eastern_time_zone
       if Gem.win_platform?
@@ -669,4 +689,16 @@ def eastern_time_zone
         "America/New_York"
       end
     end
+
+    def durations_for_build_test
+      the_duration_seconds = 23
+      [
+        build(the_duration_seconds.to_s),
+        build(the_duration_seconds)
+      ]
+    end
+
+    def build(it)
+      ActiveSupport::Duration.build(it)
+    end
 end