Overview

DateSplicer is a Ruby on Rails plugin which adds the dynarch.com dhtml calendar widget to your Rails application as a fully integrated user control.

Use DateSplicer to set up your application with a calendar ("date picker"), as well as date input shortcuts. For instance, typing "+4" in a date field and then hitting the tab key results in the current date + 4 days.

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(Date format in the example fields is completely arbitrary: you can specify any format you want).

Unique Selling Point

DateSplicer is completely transparent to ActiveRecord. There is absolutely no need to adapt your models or controllers to DateSplicer.

Features

• Parses "written" dates: "tomorrow", "2 weeks ago", "yesterday"
• Easily localized through use of separate language files (in javascript)
• Layout can be changed through use of css files

Credits

As mentioned before, DateSplicer is based on the dynarch.com dhtml calendar widget. But the plugin also derives a large portion of its javascript date parser from the Datetime Toolbocks JavaScript library.