How do I change the format ActiveRecord expects when parsing dates from a text field in a form?

Question

The problem

1. I have a Ruby on Rails model with a Date attribute.
2. In the form for this model, I am using a single text field with a JQuery datepicker

Answer 1

You could try do something like this.

$(function(){
 $('#date_picker').datepicker( {
      beforeShowDay: $.datepicker.noWeekends, 
      showOtherMonths: true,
      selectOtherMonths: true,
      dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy',
      defaultDate: date,
      gotoCurrent: true

});