app/helpers/date_helper.rb
module DateHelper
JQUERY_MONTH_DAY_YEAR_FORMAT = "MM d, yyyy"
RUBY_MONTH_DAY_YEAR_FORMAT = "%B %d, %Y"
def validate_date(day, month, year)
raise Date::Error if day.blank? || month.blank? || year.blank?
Date.parse("#{day}-#{month}-#{year}")
end
def parse_date(errors, date_field_name, args)
day = args.delete("#{date_field_name}(3i)")
month = args.delete("#{date_field_name}(2i)")
year = args.delete("#{date_field_name}(1i)")
return args if day.blank? && month.blank? && year.blank?
args[date_field_name.to_sym] = validate_date(day, month, year)
args
rescue Date::Error
errors.add(date_field_name.to_sym, "was not a valid date.")
args
end
end