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

For people interested to format in a specific location and not all over the project, several answers advised to check if null and I want to add that using try with strftime will help to make it shorter.

            <%= f.fields_for :assets_depreciations do |asset| %>
              
                
                  <%= asset.text_field :depreciation_date, value: asset.object.depreciation_date.try(:strftime, "%d-%m-%Y") %>
                
              
            <% end %>