Changes in the form are not saved to database

Question

I\'m trying to add a date field to my form.

I added bootstrap-datepicker-rails gem, all required css and javascript.

When I choose the date in the calendar a

Answer 1

I encountered similar problem and converting format in create action solved it for me:

def create
     .....
     @person.dob = DateTime.strptime(params[:person][:dob], '%m/%d/%Y').to_date
     .....
     @person.save
     .....
end