How does one go about storing datetime values from a date_select field in the database? Here is my Ecto model: defmodule MyApp.User do use MyApp.Web, :model schema "users" do field :birthday, :utc_datetime end def changeset(struct, params \\ %{}) do struct |> cast(params, [:b…

[info] POST /profile [debug] QUERY OK source=“users” db=1.0ms decode=0.1ms SELECT … FROM “users” AS u0 WHERE (u0.“id” = $1) [1] [debug] Processing by Helheim.ProfileController.update/2 Parameters: %{“_csrf_token” => “aCEAUVpdQ0IOZBsZAyJnE0AKBTI9JgAAGp34nir096OsZN4k73TbyA==”, “_method” => “put”,…

I wonder if you need to use field :birthday, :date. [image] dipth: It appears that there is some sort of implicit validation taking place since f.errors[:birthday] in the template returns “is invalid” I wonder if that’s because you’re using :utc_datetime and you aren’t passing in a time.

You are right. Changing the column in the database to :date fixes the problem. I find it weird though that it shouldn’t be possible to store a date value in a datetime field and just have the time-part assumed as midnight. In this case it isn’t a big problem, but there might be cases where it is i…

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Storing date from date_select

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radar March 12, 2017, 8:33pm 2

What do the logs show when that action is hit?