# simple\_format doesn't work in Rails 3

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/simple-format-doesnt-work-in-rails-3/49207>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-core\
**Created:** [February 8, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/simple-format-doesnt-work-in-rails-3/49207 "2010-02-08T14:53:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen\_Celis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Stephen\_Celis](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Stephen_Celis)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/simple-format-doesnt-work-in-rails-3/49207/1 "2010-02-08T14:53:18Z")

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Due to html\_safe and concat, simple\_format is currently broken. It would be nice to get these patches in before Rails 3 is finalized:

[https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/3767-patch-simple\_format-output-should-not-be-html-escaped-in-rails-3](https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/3767-patch-simple_format-output-should-not-be-html-escaped-in-rails-3)