On 25.02.2012, at 0:57, Bob Smith wrote:
>
> I also used strings, as it is much easier to enter a date with text
> than picking each field from the dropdowns. I made it so that if you
> enter a full year, fine. But if you do a 1 or 2 digit year it will
> pick the rest of the year correctly. If you have 130 year old dates
> you will have to enter all 4 digits.
I prefer to pick up the date from ONE string:
model:
class Software << ActiveRecord::Base
formatted_date_accessor :release_date
end
lib: (/lib/formatted_date_time.rb)
class ActiveRecord::Base
def self.formatted_date_accessor(*names)
names.each do |name|
define_method("#{name}=") do |value|
super(value)
if value.present? && self[name].nil?
class_eval do
define_method name.to_sym do
value
end
end
self.class.validate do
errors.add(name.to_sym, "can't be formatted")
end
end
end
end
end
end
in a View:
<%= f.text_field :release_date %>
You can pass Jan 2, 2011 as:
'2011-1-2' or 11-1-2 or 2011.1.2 or 11.01.02, according to a Date's
localization order.
European order would be: '02.01.2011' or '2-1-2011' whatever...
Any invalid date will raise a validation error. Any posted date saved for the
next request to trace the invalid input.
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