Rails/Ruby date error

Question

I'm trying to create a new date from form values and assign it to a variable.

Here's the code I have so far:

 eventDate = Date.new(params[:event]["date(1i)"],params[:event]["date(2i)"],params[:event]["date(3i)"])

However, I get the following error:

ArgumentError in EventsController#create

comparison of String with 0 failed

I have no idea what this means.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Brian

Answer 1

The problem is that Date.new (which actually calls Date.civil) requires that you pass integers, and you are passing strings. Try:

eventDate = Date.new(params[:event]["date(1i)"].to_i,params[:event]["date(2i)"].to_i,params[:event]["date(3i)"].to_i)

Answer 2

You are using Strings. Try this:

eventDate = Date.new(params[:event]["date(1i)"].to_i,params[:event]["date(2i)"].to_i,params[:event]["date(3i)"].to_i)