Ruby on Rails

hi,

im kinda stuck...

<%= form_for(@event) do |f| %>

  <p>

    <%= f.label :from_date %><br />

    <%= date_select :event, :from_date %>

  </p>

.....

def create

p params[:event].nil?

p params[:event][:name]

p params[:event][:from_date]

    if params[:event][:from_date].empty?

      params[:event][:from_date] = Date.today

    end

.......

-->

Started POST "/events" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-11-19 17:37:09 -0500

Processing by EventsController#create as HTML

  Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"JannWb1XCE12AKW4KlR56LAAmIOG1raHJh1ss4v0RBA=", "event"=>{"name"=>"", "from_date(1i)"=>"2014", "from_date(2i)"=>"11", "from_date(3i)"=>"19", "to_date(1i)"=>"2014", "to_date(2i)"=>"11", "to_date(3i)"=>"19"}, "commit"=>"Create"}

..........

..............................def instantiate_controller_and_action_names"

"URL: http://localhost:3000/events"

"Fullpath: /events"

"events"

"Action: create"

"Controller: events"

false

""

nil

--> why are my event date attributes nil/blank?

tia

tom