I have a time_select in which I am trying to set a time value as follows;
<%= f.time_select :start_time, :value => (@invoice.start_time ? @invoice.start_time : Time.now) %>
This always produces a time selector with the current time rather than the value for @invoice.start_time.
@invoice.start_time is in fact a datetime object but this is passed to the time selector just fine if I use
<%= f.time_select :start_time %>
I guess what I'm really asking is how to use the :value option with the time_select helper. Attempts like the following don't seem to produce the desired result;
<%= f.time_select :start_time, :value => (Time.now + 2.hours) %>
<%= f.time_select :start_time, :value => "14:30" %>
Has @invoice.start_time have a value assigned to it? I guess not.
@invoice.start_time will return nil if you use that code.. and hence the :value will always default to Time.now. The problem here is the conditional statement that you are using. I am assuming this is happening when you try to create new data. When you filling up the form, @invoice.start_time is not filled with any value. Hence its nil throughout till you save.
I would suggest that you change the code to:
<%= f.time_select :start_time, :value => @invoice.start_time, :default => Time.now %>
Actually if you could be more clear in your question as to what you want your time_select helper to do then it would make things easier.
What worked for me was
<%= time_select :object_name, :attribute_name, :default => {:hour => '10', :minute => '20'} %>
Notice that I called it as a tag and not in the usual form_for way.
You can actually try to set start_time at the controller level when you initiate the model, e.g.
in the controller:
InvoicesController < ApplicationController
# if you're creating a new object
def new
@invoice = Invoice.new(:start_time => Time.now)
end
# if you're updating an existing object
def edit
@invoice = Invoice.find(params[:id])
@invoice.start_time = Time.now if @invoice.start_time.nil?
end
end
in the action:
<% form_for @invoice do |f| %>
...
<%= f.time_select :start_time %>
...
<% end %>
And you'll see that the start_time in the form is magically set! Hope this helps =)
time_select(object, method, :prompt => {:hour => 'Choose hour', :minute => 'Choose minute', :second => 'Choose seconds'})
eg.time_select(:invoice, :start_time, :prompt => {:hour => '15', :minute => '30'})
It's listed in the rails documentation
Used it myself and it worked.
