How to get Date time format using test complete

[Raviavi]

Hi All

I need to get the date time format of the date present in AUT which is localized based on the language settings of systemLocale/Browser Language settings

is there any way that i can get the DateTime format using test complete

[mattb]

Hello,

I would take advantage of the AQDateTime Object, there should be plenty of methods to help out.

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/program-objects/aqdatetime/methods.html 

[AlexKaras · Accepted solution]

Hi,

> get the DateTime format using test complete

Consider aqEnvironment.GetLocaleInfo()

[sonya_m]

Thanks everyone!

@Raviavi were you able to solve this? Please do let us know

[Raviavi]

@sonya_m  Yes this is resolved thanks

[simonaferrara]

Hi @AlexKaras and @mattb , I've the same need of this post, and I'm trying your solution through the aqEnvironment.GetLocaleInfo method, but I'm not finding the way to get the time format of the browser, currently it is only returned the format of the operating system datetime (my UI adapts the datetime basing on the browsers language configuration). Can you help me to understand which parameters can I use within this method to get the time format of the browser?

[AlexKaras]

@simonaferrara :

Hi,

I think that you need to talk to your developers. My guess is that they used some internal logic and custom formatting which operating system is not aware of.

[simonaferrara]

Thanks @AlexKaras !
I've asked to the developer, to format the date on the basis of the browser locale, he uses the following javascript function:

 const t = new Date();

        const date = t.toLocaleString([], {

            day: '2-digit',

            month: '2-digit',

            year: '2-digit',

        });

I've tried to use the same within my test code, to get the datatime with the expected format, but the function doesn't return the expected result.

I've found that this function belongs to the "ECMAScript Internationalization API", that is not supported by Test Complete, so that's why it doesn't work as expected.

Probably I've no way to do an accurate check on the displayed date 😞