Question

My form is passing dates in the format “2 Apr 2012”

I understand I can format the individual params using something like this:

 @release_date = Date.parse(params[:release_date]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d") 
 @original_release_date = Date.parse(params[:original_release_date]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d") 
 @preorder_start_date = Date.parse(params[:preorder_start_date]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

But how do I then pass the formatted values to my create action?

 @product = @release.products.create(params[:product])

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If you have same field into the database then overwrite the value of params like :

params[:product][:release_date] = Date.parse(params[:release_date]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d") 
params[:product][:original_release_date] = Date.parse(params[:original_release_date]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d") 
params[:product][:preorder_start_date] = Date.parse(params[:preorder_start_date]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

@product = @release.products.create(params[:product])