Converting dates from 01 to Jan etc..

[KMuller]

Does TA have a function to convert dates from numerical to 3-letter format, so 1 to Jan, 2 to Feb, etc?

I'm using the System Variables in Insert Keystrokes, and the application I am testing only accepts date in dd mmm yyyy format (eg 18 Jan 2012), but TA inserts as 18 1 2012 (if I insert $day$ $month$ $year$).

I don't believe it does but thought I would ask.

It would be a useful feature to allow users to create their own system/global variables or functions, rather than create a local variable, then have to copy that to every test that needs to use it.

It looks like I will have to create a long set if 'if' conditions to check for date then convert. It would be good to write that once and save it, then be able to call it from anywhere in any other test.

[forumstaff]

Hi,

You can work with the $Date$ variable in order to get the date in the desired format.

Attached is a screen-shot which explains the process of editing the default format of the $Date$ variable.

Hope this helps.

[KMuller]

Thanks, unfortunately the format I require is not included - dd mmm yyyy (eg 23 Jan 2012).

Looks like I will have to work on formatting a date format into something I can use inside if loops.

[forumstaff]

Hi,

Attached is a sample task which converts the date to the format as desired by you. Download and Save the task under 'My Tasks' folder. To locate the path of the 'My Tasks' folder, right click on any of the current tasks and select the 'Locate on Disk' option.

Hope this helps.

P.S. - Please select the Date Format under System Variables to 'dd-mmm-yy' format.

[KMuller]

Thank you, that looks like it will do what I need.

I guess the only problem would be if I needed to use another date format in a different test?

Being a global variable you can only set the format once, and would have to perform some other conversion if that was required by another application....