Date verification (today)

[Lukas]

Hello,


I have a problem to verify if the date selected in calendar (RadDatePicker) is the same like today's.
In the application is the date populated automatically and there si a period of 5 years that is represented by two calendars.

How can I verify if the dates are "today" and "today + 5 years" ?


Thank you very much, L.

[Stoich]

Hi Lukas,
     you'll need a coded solution for this.

A while ago I created a video demonstrating how to implement a similar for a different customer. Check it out here:
http://screencast.com/t/HxRIHjcr
The video demonstrates the basic approach:

1) Use the Extract feature to extract the dates from your application.
2) In a coded step verify whether today's date is correct. Than add 5 years to today's date and use that to verify your second date. It will look something like this in code:

//We assume the two dates were extracted in variables Date1 and Date2 respectively
String today = (string)(System.Convert.ChangeType(Data["Date1"], typeof(string)));
String future = (string)(System.Convert.ChangeType(Data["Date2"], typeof(string)));

DateTime dt1;
dt = Convert.ToDateTime(today);

if (today == DateTime.Today) {  //Check whether date for today is correct and fail step it it's not
Log.WriteLine("Today date is correct");
} else { throw new Exception("Today date was incorrect!"); }

DateTime d2;
d2 = Convert.ToDateTime(future);

if (future ==  DateTime.Today.AddYears(5)) { //Check whether future for today is correct and fail step it it's not
Log.WriteLine("Future date is correct");
} else { throw new Exception("Future date was incorrect"); }

Let me know if you have any problems getting this to work.

Regards,
Stoich
the Telerik team

[Lukas]

Hello Stoich,


thank you for the code, it worked after some cosmetical changes...
Here is the corrected code:

//We assume the two dates were extracted in variables Date1 and Date2 respectively
String today = (string)(System.Convert.ChangeType(Data["Date1"], typeof(string)));
String future = (string)(System.Convert.ChangeType(Data["Date2"], typeof(string)));

DateTime dt1;
dt1 = Convert.ToDateTime(today);

if (dt1 == DateTime.Today) //Check whether date for today is correct and fail step it it's not
{
Log.WriteLine("Start date is correct");
}
else
{
    throw new Exception("Start date was incorrect!");
}

DateTime dt2;
dt2 = Convert.ToDateTime(future);

if (dt2 == DateTime.Today.AddYears(5)) //Check whether future for today is correct and fail step it it's not
{
Log.WriteLine("End date is correct");
}
else
{
    throw new Exception("End date was incorrect");
}

BR, Lukas.