# how to get datetime\_select params?

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/3617>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [October 26, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/3617 "2006-10-26T01:07:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Aljord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Patrick\_Aljord](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Patrick_Aljord)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/3617/1 "2006-10-26T01:07:05Z")

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Hey all, I do a: \<%= datetime\_select 'user', 'registered\_after' %\>

but then when I try to do @dateregister = params[:user][:datetime\_select] it's nil. I know it has to do something with multi-parameter assignment but I don't know much than that. Basically I would like to put the value of the selected date

Any idea how to do that?

thanx in advance

Pat

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Aljord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Patrick\_Aljord](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Patrick_Aljord)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/3617/2 "2006-10-26T01:40:43Z")

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sorry that was a typo, this is what I do @dateregister = params[:user][:registered\_after] but I get nil. any idea why?

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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/3617/3 "2009-02-03T08:56:14Z")

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Patrick Aljord wrote: