I'm using custom read and write accessors in my models like :
class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
...
def date
read_attribute(:date).strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
end
...
end
My problem is that Form helpers like text_field, text_area, etc, don't seem to work with these custom accessors, is that normal ?
In order to preserve both database field formats and redisplayed
user input, AR form helpers get their display strings from
<attribute>_before_type_cast methods.
So you could write:
def date_before_type_cast
date.strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
end
But if you want a common date display format throughout your app,
instead add
> I'm using custom read and write accessors in my models like :
>
> class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> ...
>
> def date
> read_attribute(:date).strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
> end
>
> ...
>
> end
>
> My problem is that Form helpers like text_field, text_area, etc, don't
> seem to work with these custom accessors, is that normal ?
In order to preserve both database field formats and redisplayed
user input, AR form helpers get their display strings from
<attribute>_before_type_cast methods.
So you could write:
def date_before_type_cast
date.strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
end
But if you want a common date display format throughout your app,
instead add
def date=(val)
self[:date] = val.is_a?(String) ? val.to_date : val
end
plus, since Rails does not currently support non-US formats for
string-to-date conversions, you'll have to add this to environment.rb
class String
def to_date
Date.strptime(self, '%d/%m/%Y')
end
end
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I strongly recommend that you DO NOT CHANGE THE DEFAULT DATE FORMAT.
This will lead to unending pain and suffering, and will highly
displease the gods of MySQL.
If you change the default date format, rails will use this format to
try and write dates to the db. Mostl likely this will result in a
silent failure (at least in MySQL). Your dates will just get recorded
as '0000-00-00', and you will lose fistfuls of hair trying to figure
out why.
:Conversions::DATE_FORMATS[:default] = '%d/%m/%Y'