Rails 3.1 text_field form helper and jQuery datepicker date format

Question

I have a form field in my Rails view like this:

<%= f.text_field :date, :class => \"datepicker\" %>

A javascript function converts

Answer 1

SOLVED: I pass in the :value => show.date as suggested by Jayendra above. The reason it wasn't working was because I didn't pass in the show object from the parent view. I changed the render line to include it - the parent view now looks like this:

<%= form_tag("/shows/update_individual", :method => "put") do %>
    <% for show in @shows %>
        <%= fields_for "shows[]", show do |f| %>
            <%= render "fields", :f => f, :show => show %>
        <% end %>
    <% end %>
    <%= submit_tag "Submit"%>
<% end %>