Re: [QF-Test] Date and time localization of the test cases

[Gregor Schmid <Gregor.Schmid@?.de>]

Hello Marek,

you didn't specify in what way you need to handle those date formats.
They could be features or labels (extra feature) of components, the
name of a sub-item, a value to check or some text you need to enter.

Using variables is a one-size-fits-all solution. For features,
extra-features and checks you could alternatively implement the
respective Resolver or Checker as described in manual sections 41.1
(Resolvers)

https://www.qfs.de/en/qf-test-manual/lc/manual-en-tech_resolversmodule.html#sec_resolversmodule

and 41.4 (Checkers)

https://www.qfs.de/en/qf-test-manual/lc/manual-en-tech_checkers.html#sec_checkers

Finally, you could implement a function in a Jython or Groovy server script
that does the transformation and use that on the fly, e.g. (Jython)

global transformDate
global dateFormat = ... whatever ...

def transformDate(date)
    ... do the transformation into dateFormat ...

Make sure this script is run at the beginning of your tests.

Then you specify the date everywhere in its default form e.g. the
European format and wrap it in a Jython call, e.g.

${jython:transformDate("13.03.2017")}

or if the date is already variable

${jython:transformDate(rc.lookup("datevar"))}

The above can be used in all the places I mentioned, i.e. the
respective attributes of 'Component', 'Check' or 'Text input' nodes.

To change the target format, just run a server script with

global dateFormat
dateFormat = ... some new format ...


Best regards,
    Greg

"Nedvěd, Marek" <m.nedved@?.de> writes:

> Hello fellow testers,
>
> Today I would like to ask on some tips how to handle different time and date formats in the tests. The tests that I
> have written were all expecting the dates in the European format (dd.MM.yyyy) but now we have also the application
> with British locale, so all dates look different, and what worse, there is now difference between the short, medium
> and long version of the date (16/01/2007, 16-Jan-2007 or 16 January 2007 respectively).
>
> I would like to avoid either copying everything or inserting “ifs” into the test suites. Are there any other options?
> What would be the best practice here?
>
> Only thing that I came up with is to set a variable before each date instance and convert it by a script to the
> specific format.
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Marek Nedvěd
>
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