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class BootStrapFormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
  
  # non-relevant code removed....
  
  def text_field(*args, &block)
    input_wrapper(args.first) {
      super(*args, &block)
    }
  end

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<%= form_for(@item, :builder => BootStrapFormBuilder) do |f| %>
  
  <fieldset>
    <legend><%= content_for :page_heading %></legend>

    <%= f.text_field :pn %>
    <%= f.text_field :desc %>
    <%= f.text_area :memo, :rows => 3 %>
    <%= f.select :vendor_id, Company.all(:order => [:name]).collect {|company| [company.name, company.id]}, {:include_blank => true}, {:class => 'span4'} %>
    

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SELECT 
  users.fname,
  users.lname,
  TIMEZONE('UTC', users.created_at) AT TIME ZONE 'CST6CDT' 
FROM 
  users;

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t = DateTime.parse("2011/01/01T00:00") + (Time.now.getlocal.utc_offset * -1).seconds
# Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:00:00 +0000
t.to_time.localtime
# 2011-01-01 00:00:00 -0600

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Time.zone     
# (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
DateTime.parse("2011/01/01T00:00").utc?
# true                 
DateTime.parse("2011/01/01T00:00").to_time.getlocal
# 2010-12-31 18:00:00 -0600 

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# lib/core_ext/date.rb
require 'date'

class Date

  class << self
    alias :original_parse :_parse

    def _parse(input, comp=true)
      # mm-dd-yyyy

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class ItemsController < ApplicationController

  # unrelated code....  

  def create  
    @item = Item.new(params[:item])  
    @item.invented_at = DateTime.parse(params[:item][:invented_at])          

    if @item.save  
      redirect_to @item, :notice =>"The Item successfully created"

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# app/controllers/items_controller.rb
class ItemsController < ApplicationController

  # unrelated code....  

  def create  
    @item = Item.new(params[:item])  
    @item.invented_at = Time.strptime(params[:item][:invented_at], "%m/%d/%Y")

    if @item.save  

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User.
  select("users.id, users.full_name, string_agg(roles.name, ', ') as roles_col").
  joins(:memberships => :role).
  group('users.id').
  each_with_object([[:id, :full_name, :roles]]){ |u,a| 
    a << [u.id, u.full_name, u.roles_col.split(',').map(&:strip) ]
  }

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development:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  database: <%= File.basename(Rails.root) %>_development
  pool: 5
  username:  <%= ENV['USER'] %>
  password:

test:
  adapter: postgresql