Hi Marc,
>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Marc C. <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I need to accept dates in a form using a text_field and not a
>>> date_select. Why? Well, because for users it's faster to type a date.
>>>
>>> But if I enter a simple date like "13/05/2012" (dd/mm/yyyy format), when
>>> I want to edit this register, in the text_field appears "2012-05-13".
>>>
>>> How can I change this behavior, so in the text_field appears
>>> "13/05/2012"?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
You can use the #strftime method to easily accomplish what you want.
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :001 > require 'date'
=> true
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :002 > d = Date.parse('2012-05-13')
=> #<Date: 2012-05-13 (4912121/2,0,2299161)>
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :003 > d.strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
=> "13/05/2012"
HTH,
Bill
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