# \[OT\] DateInput - Intuitive Date Input Selection

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-dateinput-intuitive-date-input-selection/52169>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 11, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-dateinput-intuitive-date-input-selection/52169 "2006-01-11T17:54:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nshb)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-dateinput-intuitive-date-input-selection/52169/1 "2006-01-11T17:54:50Z")

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For those who are developing interfaces for entering dates, I recommend  
checking out a new package I just stuffed for Date inputs.

You can check out [http://datebox.inimit.com/](http://datebox.inimit.com/) for a full demo.

-Nb

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 Nathaniel S. H. Brown http://nshb.net

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**Author:** ![nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nshb)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-dateinput-intuitive-date-input-selection/52169/2 "2006-01-11T18:08:35Z")

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On Jan 11, 2006, at 9:53 AM, Nathaniel S. H. Brown wrote:

> For those who are developing interfaces for entering dates, I  
> recommend  
> checking out a new package I just stuffed for Date inputs.
> 
> You can check out [http://datebox.inimit.com/](http://datebox.inimit.com/) for a full demo.
> 
> -Nb

Very cool, Nathaniel! Thank-you. I’ll see if I can include this in  
BundledResource.

Duane J.  
(canadaduane)  
[http://blog.inquirylabs.com/](http://blog.inquirylabs.com/)

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**Author:** ![nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nshb)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-dateinput-intuitive-date-input-selection/52169/3 "2006-01-11T20:15:37Z")

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Really good, but not all people have the correct date set on their  
computer!

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**Author:** ![nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nshb)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-dateinput-intuitive-date-input-selection/52169/4 "2006-01-11T20:04:35Z")

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On Jan 11, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Nathaniel S. H. Brown wrote:

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Sweet Nathaniel!

Cheers-  
-Ezra Z.  
Yakima Herald-Republic  
WebMaster  
[http://yakimaherald.com](http://yakimaherald.com)  
509-577-7732  
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**Author:** ![nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nshb)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-dateinput-intuitive-date-input-selection/52169/5 "2006-01-12T00:44:35Z")

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Very good point.

A future enhancement may be then for AJAX validation, if the date is not  
within any of the timezones (or possibly check the timezone on their  
computer), then use that as the date instead.

This could be a nice enhancement to ensure validity of the date.

Although, the date calendar would still work well in this case 🙂

-Nb

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 Nathaniel S. H. Brown http://nshb.net

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