2009/9/21 arwed <a...@bbp.biz>:
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> I tried #{l start_date}, but I doesn't work.
>
> I was hoping there was a way to use "l" in some way in my model. With
> strftime it works.
Possibly l is only available in views. In which case you would have
to put the period method that uses "#{l @start-date} - #{l end-date}}"
in the view helper.
Colin
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Regards
> Arwed
>
> On 20 Sep., 22:29, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/9/20 arwed <a...@bbp.biz>:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi Colin,
>>
>> > thanks for your reply.
>>
>> > I defined my date formats in /config/locales/de.yml but I don't know
>> > how to format my dates in my model. In view I can do <%=l
>> > @schedule.start_date %>.
>>
>> > Can you tell me how I can do that with #{start_date}? The format I
>> > need is dd.mm.yyy
>>
>> Have you tried #{l start_date}
>> The #{ } syntax in a double quoted string just says drop into ruby and
>> work out the expression between the braces.
>> Alternatively if you always want the same format you can use
>> #{start_date.strftime(some parameters to format it the way you want)}
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>>
>> > Regards
>> > Arwed
>>
>> > On 20 Sep., 21:46, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >> 2009/9/20 arwed <a...@bbp.biz>:
>>
>> >> > Hi,
>>
>> >> > I have a model with start_date and end_date and a helper:
>>
>> >> > def period
>> >> > "#{start_date} - #{end_date}"
>>
>> >> If you want the dates to appear as localised strings you must do it
>> >> here. Formatting them as appropriate as you build the string. If I
>> >> understand the question correctly.
>>
>> >> Colin
>>
>> >> > end
>>
>> >> > in my view I have:
>>
>> >> > <%= f.collection_select :schedule_id,
>> >> > @convention.schedules, :id, :period, {:selected => @schedule.id} %>
>>
>> >> > How can I show :period localized, as <%=l ... won't work.
>>
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Arwed
>>
>>
> >
>
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