How to manipulate date_select to show customized months? Rails

Question

I need my date select form field to show users only the future dates (like for eg. today is 7 apr 2016, then it must show all dates beyond 7 apr 2016) and for month field it must only show the current month,year(any)

 <%= f.date_select :start_date,class: 'form-control'%>

Year: any

Date: only future dates

Month: the current ongoing month

petrified petrified · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-07T18:07:27

There are two ways:

First is that, you validate the date before saving it, at model level. If date is note in future don't save and return error.
Second, you can use jQuery Date Picker and use its minDate option: http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/#option-minDate

Using date_select you only have the option of restricting the starting year but not month and day. http://apidock.com/rails/v3.2.1/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper/date_select

<%= f.date_select :start_date, start_year: Date.today.year, class: 'form-control'%>

How to manipulate date_select to show customized months? Rails

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