working way to update your scheduled PTO

app/controllers/schedule_controller.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,38 @@
 class ScheduleController < ApplicationController
   def create
+    message = false
+    
+      if params[:schedule][:event_type] == "pto"
+        sched = Schedule.new(params[:schedule])
+        sched.date_begin, sched.date_end = format_schedule_date(params[:date_range1])
+        sched.user_id = current_user.user_id
+        a = sched.date_end
+        if sched.save
+          message = true
+        end
+      end
+      
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.json {render :json => {:msg => "success"}}
+      format.json {render :json => {:msg => message ? "success" : "failure" }}
     end
   end
+  
+  private
+  
+  # Returns a two part array consisting of dates
+  # First value is the begin date and the second is the end date
+  def format_schedule_date(date_array)
+   begin
+     vals = []
+     return vals if date_array.empty?
+     date_array.split('-').each do |s|
+       date = Date.strptime(s.strip, '%m/%d/%Y')
+       vals <<(date)
+     end
+   rescue ArgumentError  
+     return []
+   end
+     return vals
+  end
+    
 end