title: Change format for date input in Rails 3?
body: <p>I am using a <code>text_field</code> for date input in Rails 3 and would like the date to be formatted as <code>mm/dd/yyyy</code>.</p>
  
  <p>While I've found a few solutions for <em>displaying</em> the date in that way, I haven't run across a workable method for accepting that format as an input.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that in the case of ambiguous dates like <code>"09/05/2011"</code>, Rails interprets it as "May 9th" rather than "September 5th."</p>
  
  <p>What is the best way to get Rails 3 to interpret those sorts of inputs according to the <code>mm/dd/yyyy</code> format?</p>