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9 years ago

Set Project Level Variable for Current Date

Question (see attached screenshot) I have various date formats that I test with each day. I have variables with those formats set at the Project Level. However, doing it in this manner requires...

HKosova

Alumni

9 years ago

You can use a project setup script to initialize these values using Groovy:

def now = new Date()
def tomorrow = now + 1
def futureDate = now + 1000

project.setPropertyValue( "effectiveEntryDateSameDay", now.format("M/d/yy") )
project.setPropertyValue( "effectiveEntryDateWithTimeStamp", tomorrow.format("M/d/yyyy HH:mm") )
// etc.

Groovy Date class reference:
http://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/groovy-jdk/java/util/Date.html

Format strings:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html