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AClark
New Contributor
16 years ago

Properties Syntax for a DateTime string to be used in a Request.

I'm having a problem with the Properties syntax. I'm trying to create a datatime string value like this: //YYDDDHHMMSSMMM (14 chars) Here is c# code to do it.         public string GenReferenceIden...
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HaedenH
Occasional Contributor
15 years ago
Hello,

Thanks for posting the above code segments, I am currently using the following in my SoapUI Test Case to pull information from the server based on the current date/time:
${=new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("CCyyMMDDHHmm").format(new java.util.Date())}


And for the most part, this works. However, the server is set to UTC where as the query defaults to EST time. So this query actually returns 5 hours worth of data. Ideally, I would like to set it so that the query only returns about 5 minutes worth of data, and also accounts for the 5 hour difference.

I was able to throw together the following Java code to handle the hour and minute changes I desire
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  Date date = new Date();
  Calendar cal = (Calendar.getInstance());
  
  cal.add(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 5);
  cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -5);
  
  System.out.println("Date = " + date);
  System.out.println("Calendar = " + cal.getTime());
  
 }

which outputs the date/time as follows:
Date = Thu Feb 03 09:39:17 EST 2011
Calendar = Thu Feb 03 14:34:17 EST 2011

What I would like to know is if there is a way to incorporate this functionality into my soap statement? I'm new to programming in Soap, and I initially thought I could declare a variable for such a thing, but a quick Google search suggests that variables can't be directly declared in a Soap script? Can anyone offer any insight?

Thanks in advance,
HaedenH