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

Go to your environment.rb file and add the following:

ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Date::Conversions::DATE_FORMATS.merge!(
  :default => '%m-%d-%Y' ) 

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