I'm using rails 4 simple form to store some data. My date field stores fine, but the form input is mm-dd-yyyy and stores with yyyy-mm-dd. 

When I do an edit action on the form, everything returns except for the date, which doesn't fill in. 

**view**

```
<div class="input-group">
 <%= f.date_field :date_requested, as: :date%>
</div>

```

**model**

```
attribute :date_requested, :datetime

```

![date field](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xliZ1.png)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0hzp7.png)