> Hi all,

> I'm trying to insert a record containing a birthdate with
> activescaffold. However, the year-dropdown box is only showing years
> starting from 2002. This means that people over 5 years old cannot use
> the application which, unfortunately, does not meet the functional
> requirements. (Would save lots of difficult questions though!)

> How can I set the starting year? With standard rails it is set like
> this:

> date_select :geboortedatum, :order =>
> [:day, :month, :year], :start_year => 1970, :end_year => 2000

> The funny thing is that in 'edit mode', the years start at 1969 but in
> 'new' mode it starts at 2002.

> Thanks in advance,
> Ger Apeldoorn