Strange bug in date_select?

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi,

I'm having a very strange error when using the date_select.

This is de code in my view:

<%= date_select :user, :birthdate , :order => [:day, :month, :year],           :start_year => Time.now.year-120, :end_year => Time.now.year %>

This used in the expression user.update_attributes(params[:user])

So, nothing fancy here. But when I give in a date older than 1 january 1970, I get an error: '1 error(s) on assignment of multiparameter attributes', which I don't have with > 1970. I checked the log, and both times the parameters are passed just fine.

Anyone has a clue?

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AR uses Time class and not DateTime. See http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/OlderQuestionsOfTheDay (11/17/05) for more informations about this topic.

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Eric: I tried it, but it's still the same for me when I enter a date < 1970

Pierre-Alexandre: The 1970 should have made me realize it was a problem corresponnding to the class where the time was stored. I read your link, that's exactly what I need, but how can I apply the patch suggested there?

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change the field type in your table to datetime

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It already is, unfortunately:

create_table :users do |t|       t.column 'username', :string, :null => false       t.column 'name', :string       t.column 'birthdate', :datetime     end

But thanks for your input!