# How to get datetime\_select params?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/73669>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 26, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/73669 "2006-10-26T03:09:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/73669/1 "2006-10-26T03:09:04Z")

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Hey all,  
I do a:  
\<%= datetime\_select ‘user’, ‘registered\_after’ %\>

but then when I try to do @dateregister =  
params[:user][:datetime\_select] it’s nil. I know it has to do  
something with multi-parameter assignment but I don’t know much than  
that. Basically I would like to put the value of the selected date  
from my datetim\_select in a @date var object.

Any idea how to do that?

thanx in advance

Pat

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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/73669/2 "2006-10-26T03:27:01Z")

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I think it would be:

@dateregister = params[:user][:registered\_after]

c.

Patrick A. wrote:

> Hey all,  
> I do a:  
> \<%= datetime\_select ‘user’, ‘registered\_after’ %\>
> 
> but then when I try to do @dateregister =  
> params[:user][:datetime\_select] it’s nil. I know it has to do  
> something with multi-parameter assignment but I don’t know much than  
> that. Basically I would like to put the value of the selected date  
> from my datetim\_select in a @date var object.
> 
> Any idea how to do that?
> 
> thanx in advance
> 
> Pat

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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/73669/3 "2006-10-26T03:43:08Z")

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On 10/26/06, Cayce B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I think it would be:
> 
> @dateregister = params[:user][:registered\_after]

sorry that was a typo, this is what I do @dateregister =  
params[:user][:registered\_after] but I get nil. any idea why?

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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-datetime-select-params/73669/4 "2009-02-03T09:56:14Z")

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Patrick A. wrote:

> On 10/26/06, Cayce B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > I think it would be:
> > 
> > @dateregister = params[:user][:registered\_after]
> 
> sorry that was a typo, this is what I do @dateregister =  
> params[:user][:registered\_after] but I get nil. any idea why?

I do not know whether this is good solusion  
params[:user][‘postme(1i)’] like so to take individual componets of the  
date select