Where is the Rails method that converts data from `datetime_select` into a DateTime object?

Answer 1

Hi I have added the following on the ApplicationController, and it does this conversion.

    #extract a datetime object from params, useful for receiving datetime_select attributes
    #out of any activemodel
    def parse_datetime_params params, label, utc_or_local = :local
      begin
        year   = params[(label.to_s + '(1i)').to_sym].to_i
        month  = params[(label.to_s + '(2i)').to_sym].to_i
        mday   = params[(label.to_s + '(3i)').to_sym].to_i
        hour   = (params[(label.to_s + '(4i)').to_sym] || 0).to_i
        minute = (params[(label.to_s + '(5i)').to_sym] || 0).to_i
        second = (params[(label.to_s + '(6i)').to_sym] || 0).to_i

        return DateTime.civil_from_format(utc_or_local,year,month,mday,hour,minute,second)
      rescue => e
        return nil
      end
    end