# Datetime\_select

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-select/89973>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 24, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-select/89973 "2007-03-24T12:12:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![fafa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@fafa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fafa)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-select/89973/1 "2007-03-24T12:12:31Z")

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Is that possible to force helper datetime\_select to use custom month  
names? I tryied :use\_month\_names =\> %w(xx yyy xx yy xx yyy xx yy xx yyy  
xx yy) but didn’t work…

thanks