How to manipulate date_select to show customized months? Rails

Question

I need my date select form field to show users only the future dates (like for eg. today is 7 apr 2016, then it must show all dates beyond 7 apr 2016) and for month field it must only show the current month,year(any)

 <%= f.date_select :start_date,class: 'form-control'%>

Year: any

Date: only future dates

Month: the current ongoing month

Answer 1

There are two ways:

• First is that, you validate the date before saving it, at model level. If date is note in future don't save and return error.
• Second, you can use jQuery Date Picker and use its minDate option: http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/#option-minDate

Using date_select you only have the option of restricting the starting year but not month and day. http://apidock.com/rails/v3.2.1/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper/date_select

<%= f.date_select :start_date, start_year: Date.today.year, class: 'form-control'%>