how to use properties wthin regular expressions for assertions?

Hi,

Not sure if this will help you with creating a your date within a given range using a script, but just incase I solved a problem like this previously in the following post:

http://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-Open-Source/Random-Date-Project-Property/td-p/99993

In order to test that your response contains a date within a given range using a regex, I would try a Script Assertion:

1) Get the date from the response and hold it in a variable using a property expansion e.g. something like

 def dateToTest = context.expand('${#Project#date}')

2)  Next test the dateToTest variable against your regex using something like:

If (dateToTest=~searchStringRegex) { code if matched... }
For more on Groovy regex, go to http://groovy.codehaus.org/Regular+Expressions.

Is this on the right track to what you're after?

Cheers,

Rupert