title: Accessing date() variables send from the date helper in rails
body: <p>Hay, not sure if i've missed the point of the helpers in rails, but i used the date() helper and now i don't know how to access the variables returned.</p>
  
  <p>Heres the helper code</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%=date_select("game", "release_date", :order =&gt; [:day, :month, :year])%&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do i access the returned variables in a controller?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>