hi, im kinda stuck... <%= form_for(@event) do |f| %> <p> <%= f.label :from_date %><br /> <%= date_select :event, :from_date %> </p> ..... def create p params[:event].nil? p params[:event][:name] p params[:event][:from_date] if params[:event][:from_date].empty? params[:event][:from_date] = Date.today end ....... --> Started POST "/events" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-11-19 17:37:09 -0500 Processing by EventsController#create as HTML Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"JannWb1XCE12AKW4KlR56LAAmIOG1raHJh1ss4v0RBA=", "event"=>{"name"=>"", "from_date(1i)"=>"2014", "from_date(2i)"=>"11", "from_date(3i)"=>"19", "to_date(1i)"=>"2014", "to_date(2i)"=>"11", "to_date(3i)"=>"19"}, "commit"=>"Create"} .......... ..............................def instantiate_controller_and_action_names" "URL: http://localhost:3000/events" "Fullpath: /events" "events" "Action: create" "Controller: events" false "" nil --> why are my event date attributes nil/blank? tia tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CADQqhMdHDvejPsBOBtxgi8E6iLNFQzefhmjB1hU64O66q27Zqw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.