Format DateTime in Text Box in Rails

Question

Is there an easy way to format the display of a DateTime value in a Rails view?

For example, if I\'m doing something like:

<%= text_field         


        

Answer 1

if you don't want to enter the date in a textfield, but in a less error prone select field, you could use the ActionView::Helpers::DateHelper, select_date(). see Accessing date() variables send from the date helper in rails here on SO on how to process the return values.