Add HTML5 input[type="date"] helper

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index bdfef920c5..44e24fecd1 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -889,6 +889,24 @@ module ActionView
       end
       alias phone_field telephone_field
 
+      # Returns a text_field of type "date".
+      #
+      #   date_field("user", "born_on")
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" />
+      #
+      # The default value is generated by trying to call "to_date"
+      # on the object's value, which makes it behave as expected for instances
+      # of DateTime and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone. You can still override that
+      # by passing the "value" option explicitly, e.g.
+      #
+      #   @user.born_on = Date.new(1984, 1, 27)
+      #   date_field("user", "born_on", value: "1984-05-12")
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" value="1984-05-12" />
+      #
+      def date_field(object_name, method, options = {})
+        Tags::DateField.new(object_name, method, self, options).render
+      end
+
       # Returns a text_field of type "url".
       #
       #   url_field("user", "homepage")