How to override “new” method for a rails model

Question

In my rails app I have a model with a start_date and end_date. If the user selects Jan 1, 2010 as the start_date and Jan 5, 2010 as the end_date, I want there to be 5 instan

Answer 1

Strictly, although late, the proper way to override new in a model is

def initialize(args)
    #
    # do whatever, args are passed to super
    #
    super
end