Default value is not showing up

Question

Rails 3.2

I am using Slim for my application. In one of my views, I have the following:

    .form-horizontal-column
      .form-group
        = label_tag :paid_at
        = text_field_tag :paid_at, :value => DateTime.now.strftime("%m/%d/%Y"), class: "date-picker-past"

But, instead of seeing a default value, like 02/07/2019, I am seeing this instead:

{:value=>"02/07/2019", :class=>"date-picker-past"}

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Rails 3.2. Use it this way instead:

= text_field_tag :paid_at, DateTime.now.strftime("%m/%d/%Y"), class: "date-picker-past"

basically remove :value =>