# How to make date\_select have a blank option? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 21, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131 "2006-12-21T16:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131/1 "2006-12-21T16:51:43Z")
I use date\_select to generate a birthday field. I want to make this field optional. How can I make date\_select have a blank option? ---
**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131/2 "2006-12-21T18:12:58Z")
On 21/12/06, Nanyang Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I use date\_select to generate a birthday field. > I want to make this field optional. > How can I make date\_select have a blank option? From the API docs: date\_select(“post”, “written\_on”, :start\_year =\> 1995, :use\_month\_numbers =\> true, :discard\_day =\> true, :include\_blank =\> true) ---
**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131/3 "2006-12-22T08:47:32Z")
Jamie Wilson wrote: > From the API docs: > > date\_select(“post”, “written\_on”, :start\_year =\> 1995, > :use\_month\_numbers =\> true, > :discard\_day =\> true, > :include\_blank =\> true) It works. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131/4 "2007-02-15T16:09:50Z")
Jamie Wilson wrote: > On 21/12/06, Nanyang Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I use date\_select to generate a birthday field. > > I want to make this field optional. > > How can I make date\_select have a blank option? > > From the API docs: > > date\_select(“post”, “written\_on”, :start\_year =\> 1995, > :use\_month\_numbers =\> true, > :discard\_day =\> true, > :include\_blank =\> true) I use this too, but now when I only select a day, it writes it to the database as the 1st of januari of the year (the day I specified). This is not good, as it fucks up the system. Any way to solve this? ---
**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131/5 "2007-02-15T19:50:55Z")
Sorry, but if DHH can proclaim “FUCK YOU” to the world in a Rails conference keynote address, I hardly think that we need police the casual use of the word on the list. Is there a “no swearing” rule for the list somewhere? b ---
**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131/6 "2007-02-15T17:50:44Z")
Dax H. wrote: > I use this too, but now when I only select a day, it writes it to the > database as the 1st of januari of the year (the day I specified). This > is not good, as it fucks up the system. Any way to solve this? Can I ask you please to be careful of your language on a public list ? A. ---
**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-date-select-have-a-blank-option/80131/7 "2007-02-16T05:46:49Z")
It is about courtesy and civility. -Larry On 2/15/07, Ben M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Dax H. wrote: – Best Regards, -Larry “Work, work, work…there is no satisfactory alternative.” — E.Taft Benson