Question

I’m making a simple scheduling app. I’m trying out simple_form, and I’ve got a JQuery Datepicker implemented, which returns a date like 04/30/2012.

#_form.html.erb
<%= simple_form_for @workout, :html => { :class => 'form-horizontal' } do |f| %>
  <%= f.input :name %>
  <%= f.input :date, :as => :date_picker%>
    <%= f.input :time %>
    <%= f.button :submit %>
    <%= link_to t('.cancel', :default => t("helpers.links.cancel")),
                workouts_path %>
<% end %>

#application.js
$("input.date_picker").datepicker();

The problem is that this date is being taken as DD/MM/YYYY instead of MM/DD/YYYY. I’d like to keep the original format, since that keeps things more natural, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to accept the desired date format.

Answer 1

I believe you are looking for the formateDate method.