Question

I have a migration:

  def change
    create_table :tasks do |t|
      t.date :date, :null => false
    end
  end

And a view:

<%= form_for @task do |f| %>
<%= f.text_field :date %>
<% end %>

The problems are

1. Why do I have “2011-12-23 00:00:00” instead of “2011-12-23” for records which are already in the database? In the database they are in the “2011-12-23” format.

2. How can internalize the dates so I could have dates like “12.23.11”.

Answer 1

I guess you could use the value option and the i18n API/l helper. Something like :

<%= f.text_field :date, :value => l(@model.date) %>

Then in your locale file :

# config/locales/your_locale.yml
your_locale:
  date:
    formats:
      # Whatever format that fits your needs
      default: "%d/%m%/%Y"