select_datetime

Returns a set of html select-tags (one for year, month, day, hour, and minute) pre-selected with the datetime. It’s also possible to explicitly set the order of the tags using the :order option with an array of symbols :year, :month and :day in the desired order. If you do not supply a Symbol, it will be appended onto the :order passed in. You can also add :date_separator and :time_separator keys to the options to control visual display of the elements.

Examples

  my_date_time = Time.now + 4.days

  # Generates a datetime select that defaults to the datetime in my_date_time (four days after today)
  select_datetime(my_date_time)

  # Generates a datetime select that defaults to today (no specified datetime)
  select_datetime()

  # Generates a datetime select that defaults to the datetime in my_date_time (four days after today)
  # with the fields ordered year, month, day rather than month, day, year.
  select_datetime(my_date_time, :order => [:year, :month, :day])

  # Generates a datetime select that defaults to the datetime in my_date_time (four days after today)
  # with a '/' between each date field.
  select_datetime(my_date_time, :date_separator => '/')

  # Generates a datetime select that discards the type of the field and defaults to the datetime in
  # my_date_time (four days after today)
  select_datetime(my_date_time, :discard_type => true)

  # Generates a datetime select that defaults to the datetime in my_date_time (four days after today)
  # prefixed with 'payday' rather than 'date'
  select_datetime(my_date_time, :prefix => 'payday')