Re: [Rails] Date Parsing Puzzlement

On 12 July 2011 07:11, Sayuj Othayoth <sayujothayoth@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Leigh Daniels <leighdaniels42@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> When I enter a Start Date in the text field as "07/11/2011" it gets stored
>> in the database as "2011-11-07" instead of "2011-07-11".
>
> your input format is DD/MM/YYYY. change this to MM/DD/YYYY.

Or better yet, "11 July 2011" - this makes it unambiguous. If you're
expecting users to type in dates in a certain format without making
mistakes, you're setting yourself up for lots of problems.

I'd also suggest using a date-select JS plugin to make it very easy
for your users to select the right date.

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