How to get a Date from date_select or select_date in Rails?

Question

Using select_date gives me back a params[:my_date] with year, month and day attributes. How do get a Date ob

Answer 1

Here is another one:

# view
<%= date_select('event', 'date') %>

# controller
date = Date.civil(*params[:event].sort.map(&:last).map(&:to_i))

Found at http://kevinlochner.com/use-rails-dateselect-without-an-activerecord