# Calendar icon for date selection functionality

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 20, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110 "2008-12-20T19:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110/1 "2008-12-20T19:34:11Z")

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Hello.

I would like to add date selection functionality using a calendar  
icon. Is there a tutorial anywhere I could use?

Thanks in advance.

Pepe

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**Author:** ![pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110/2 "2008-12-20T20:25:09Z")

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calendar\_date\_select

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**Author:** ![pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110/3 "2008-12-22T05:20:16Z")

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this is the plugin u need [Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.](http://code.google.com/p/calendardateselect/)

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**Author:** ![pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110/4 "2009-10-19T23:25:46Z")

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Ram wrote:

> this is the plugin u need [Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.](http://code.google.com/p/calendardateselect/)

Well, sorry to “resurrect” this post but I’m not sure on what should I  
do: if I won’t use that plugin (I would like to use the javascript  
datepicker from jquery UI), I would like to understand the way on how  
the plugin “parse” the information for the database. By default, rails  
receive input of a date from separated fields: how can I do the  
same?Because I will send informations from a single text field and not  
through 3 as rails normally do

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**Author:** ![pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110/5 "2009-10-20T18:58:41Z")

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I did this by adding accessor methods to my model which basically  
translate from what the jquery date select thingy gives me to what the  
model wants.

2009/10/19, Francesco B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> ## through 3 as rails normally do
> 
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
> 
> >

–  
Von meinen Mobilgerät aus gesendet

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**Author:** ![pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-icon-for-date-selection-functionality/156110/6 "2008-12-23T23:25:52Z")

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Thanks a lot, guys. 🙂

Pepe