Placeholder in date_field_tag rails 4

Question

I am trying to use placeholder in date_field_tag using rails 4. But instead of showing placeholder value it keeps showing 'dd-mm-yyyy'

My code

<%= date_field_tag "event_date", "", class: "form-control input-md", placeholder: "Event Date *", required: true %>

Answer 1

You can use in html format like this
In Html
<input placeholder="Event Date *" class="textbox-n" type="text" onfocus="(this.type='date')"  id="date"> 

In Haml
%input#date.textbox-n{:onfocus => "(this.type='date')", :placeholder => "Event Date *", :type => "text"}/