I''ve tried the simple_date_select plugin and it works as advertised
(Thank you so much!), that is it converts the unwieldy default date
selection boxes into a single text field with the default date format
like yyyy-mm-dd. And, I played with the extension to that plugin
proposed by Jeremy Evans that uses strftime(''%m/%d/%Y'') to get
it
reformatted like mm/dd/yyyy (Thank you, too, Jeremy).
My problem is that I can''t quite get strftime to format the dates
exactly as I''d like to see them, which is like 6/3/2006 (no zero or
space before the 6 and no zero or space before the 3). Being new to
Ruby, I''m weak on Ruby syntax. Jeremy''s suggested code is:
def to_date_select_tag(options = {})
to_input_field_tag(''text'',
{''size''=>''10'',
''value''=>value.strftime(''%m/%d/%Y'')}.merge(options))
end
I tried to substitute a block {} for the expression
value.strftime(''%m/%d/%Y'') and failed miserably. Can anyone
help me out
with some expression to convert a date string like 06/03/2006 to one
like 6/3/2006 that I can plug into the above method?
Thanks, this forum has been SOOOO helpful!
Shauna
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How about
date = Date.today
"#{date.month}/#{date.day}/#{date.year}"
Long
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There''s one more item to consider here, and that''s how to
treat nil
dates. I did figure out the answer to this one, so I''m posting the
solution here for others who might want to alter the plugin similarly to
get a m/d/yyyy format:
Replace the plugin line
to_input_field_tag(''text'',
{''size''=>''10''}.merge(options))
with
if value.nil? then
to_input_field_tag(''text'',
{''size''=>''10''}.merge(options))
else
to_input_field_tag(''text'',
{''size''=>''10'',
''value''=>"#{value.month}/#{value.day}/#{value.year}"}.merge(options))
end
I hope this helps others. I haven''t tried altering the datetime portion
of the plugin because I don''t need datetimes, but I imagine similar
code
would be needed there as well.
Shauna
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