Question

I’ve got two attributes start_time and end_time.

How can I use the date (excluding the time) that was entered for the start_time to be included into the end_time field (as the start+end times will occur on the same day, so there is no point prompting the user to enter it twice).

View:

<div class="day">
    <div class="field">
       <%= f.label :start_time, "Date"  %>
       <%= f.date_select :start_time,:default => Time.now+1.week, :order => [:month, :day, :year], :ampm => true %>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
        <%= f.label :start_time, "Start Time" %>
        <%= f.time_select :start_time, :ignore_date => true, :minute_step => 15, :ampm => true, :default => Time.now.beginning_of_day + 9.hours %>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
        <%= f.label :end_time, "End Time" %>
        <%= f.time_select :end_time, :minute_step => 15, :ampm => true, :default => Time.now.beginning_of_day + 15.hours %>
    </div>
    <%= link_to_function "Remove this day", "remove_fields(this)" %>
</div>

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

There isn’t really a neat way to do this. You will have to extract the individual components:

t1 = start_time
t2 = end_time
t2 = Time.local(t1.year,t1.month,t1.day,t2.hour,t2.min,t2.sec).in_time_zone

Be aware of which time zone you are working in. You may need to use Time.utc instead of Time.local.