Rails datetime_select ignores invalid values

Question

I am using rails 2.3.4 . In the datetime_select helper if I select Feb 31 then I do not get any validation error. That is just wrong.

What is the best way to intercept the parameters and to present to user that there is validation error.

Answer 1

see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/597328/how-do-i-validate-a-date-in-rails

Answer 2

It is not wrong unless you add the validation to your models. The helper is just a view helper.

Validating dates can be quite complicated to write yourself. I use this plug-in to help take care of it: http://github.com/smtlaissezfaire/validates_date_time