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Simple form date_field not populating for edit

I'm using rails 4 simple form to store some data. My date field stores fine, but the form input is mm-dd-yyyy and stores with yyyy-mm-dd.

When I do an edit action on the form, everything returns except for the date, which doesn't fill in.

view

<div class="input-group">
 <%= f.date_field :date_requested, as: :date%>
</div>

model

attribute :date_requested, :datetime

date field

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Solution

  • It is because of the format of data stored in the database and the format of the date you are showing on view. Database stores date in yyyy/mm/dd and it seems like on view you want to show in mm/dd/yyyy format

    <%= f.date_field :date_requested, as: :date, value: f.object.date_requested.try(:strftime,"%m/%d/%Y") %>

    Hope this helps.