Rails - return an array of months for a select tag

Question

I\'m in an app that is on Rails 2.3.8, and need to return an array of month names and numbers to be plugged into an options_for_select statement. What I\'ve got so far is kind

Answer 1

Try this!

@months = [['-', '']]
(1..12).each {|m| @months << [Date::MONTHNAMES[m], m]}

Answer 2

Try it

<% (1..12).each do |month|%>
  <%= link_to t('date.month_names')[month], '#' %>
<% end %>

Answer 3

Here's a sexy way to get the months only if that's all you want:

Date::MONTHNAMES.slice(1..-1).map(&:to_sym)

Answer 4

If you want it to be translated to the selected language.

t("date.month_names")

Answer 5

Date::MONTHNAMES.each_with_index.collect{|m, i| [m, i]}
=> [[nil, 0], 
    ["January", 1], 
    ["February", 2], 
    ["March", 3], 
    ["April", 4], 
    ["May", 5], 
    ["June", 6], 
    ["July", 7], 
    ["August", 8], 
    ["September", 9], 
    ["October", 10], 
    ["November", 11], 
    ["December", 12]]

Abbreviated selection with default option

Date::ABBR_MONTHNAMES.compact.each_with_index.collect{|m, i| [m, i+1]}
                     .insert(0, ['Please Select', nil])
=> [["Please Select", nil], 
    ["Jan", 1], 
    ["Feb", 2], 
    ["Mar", 3], 
    ["Apr", 4], 
    ["May", 5], 
    ["Jun", 6], 
    ["Jul", 7], 
    ["Aug", 8], 
    ["Sep", 9], 
    ["Oct", 10], 
    ["Nov", 11], 
    ["Dec", 12]]

Answer 6

You can use rails helper select_month, like:

select_month(Date.today)