# Storing localized date into DB

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/storing-localized-date-into-db/157463>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 11, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/storing-localized-date-into-db/157463 "2009-01-11T19:53:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/storing-localized-date-into-db/157463/1 "2009-01-11T19:53:35Z")

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receiving a date string param[:company][:contracted\_on] like  
“11/01/2009” (format “%e/%m/%Y”)

what should I write to convert the params into an acceptable DateTime  
attribute in the DB, ?  
(in a before\_save in my model… )

thanks for your suggestions

Happy New Rails btw …

erwin