Question

I am using the following line to obtain a select box with all the week days

= f.select :day, Date::ABBR_DAYNAMES.each_with_index.to_a

I need the week days translated according to my locale. I am not sure why it is not working.

I am using the simpleform gem for the form builder.

I went on to debug in the console and discovered:

I18n.t Date::ABBR_DAYNAMES.each_with_index.to_a
 => "translation missing: es.Sun.0"

I am not sure why this is happening since my es.yml file contains:

es:
  Sun: 
    0: Dom

I am also wondering if there is another way of getting a select box with the week days. This way of writing the es.yml entries feels a bit hacky.

Answer 1

in console try

I18n.t(:"date.day_names").each_with_index.to_a

and in simple form

= f.select :day, @builder.select(attribute_name, I18n.t(:"date.day_names").each_with_index.to_a)