title: Rails 3.1, JQuery UI Datepicker, Simple_Form and Date Format
body: <p>I'm making a simple scheduling app. I'm trying out simple_form, and I've got a JQuery Datepicker implemented, which returns a date like 04/30/2012.</p>
  
  <pre><code>#_form.html.erb
  &lt;%= simple_form_for @workout, :html =&gt; { :class =&gt; 'form-horizontal' } do |f| %&gt;
    &lt;%= f.input :name %&gt;
    &lt;%= f.input :date, :as =&gt; :date_picker%&gt;
      &lt;%= f.input :time %&gt;
      &lt;%= f.button :submit %&gt;
      &lt;%= link_to t('.cancel', :default =&gt; t("helpers.links.cancel")),
                  workouts_path %&gt;
  &lt;% end %&gt;
  
  #application.js
  $("input.date_picker").datepicker();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is that this date is being taken as DD/MM/YYYY instead of MM/DD/YYYY. I'd like to keep the original format, since that keeps things more natural, but I haven't been able to figure out how to accept the desired date format.</p>