Rails date format in a text_field

Question

I have a rails form that displays a date in a text_field:

<%= form.text_field :check_in_date  %>

The date is rendered as yyyy-m

Answer 1

This one use location, in your form:

<%= f.text_field :date3, value: ( l @model.date3 if @model.date3? ) %>

In locations en.yml (or es.yml)

en:
  date:
    formats:
      default: "%d/%m/%Y"