Passing today's date for a date picker field in Selenium using Python

Question

I am trying enter today's date into a date picker field rather than just click the today button and below is how my code is set up, but not able to do so. I am using BDD framework.

And I input todays date

@When('I input todays date')
def step_impl(context):
    value_paystub_dateOfPayStub(context.webdriver)

Getting element of said date picker:
def get_dateOfPaystub(driver):
    element = None
    try:
        element = WebDriverWait(driver, 70).until(
            EC.visibility_of_element_located(
                (By.XPATH, "//input[@id='chl.CustomerFinancials.primaryFinancialsForm.paystub.6134.DateOfPaystub']"))
        )
    except TimeoutException:
        logger.error("Date of Paystub element was not found")
    return element

Trying to enter today's date:
def value_paystub_dateOfPayStub(driver):
    currentdate = datetime.datetime.today()
    try:
        element = get_dateOfPaystub(driver)
        element.send_keys()  # to set focus on the selector
        element.send_keys(currentdate, "%m-%d-%Y")
    except Exception:
        logger.error("Unable to enter value into Paystub Employer Name field")

Any help would be appreciated.

Possible duplicate of [How to print date in a regular format in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/311627/how-to-print-date-in-a-regular-format-in-python) — JeffC, Jan 11 '18 at 19:55
The link I posted above has a number of examples. You should be able to use one of them to get the output you want. — JeffC, Jan 11 '18 at 21:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 23:47

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You need to use strftime to format your date.

import datetime from datetime

element.send_keys(datetime.strftime(currentdate, '%m-%d-%Y'))

answered Jan 10 '18 at 23:47

PixelEinstein

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I will give this a try and report back, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. – Varus Jan 11 '18 at 21:35
Did this work for you? I can update my answer if there are any other exceptions occurring. – PixelEinstein Jan 17 '18 at 00:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '20 at 10:37

Here we need to define the locator for the calendar field to accept data dynamically as below.

calendar = "//p[contains(.,'{}')]"

and then use the below code to fetch today's date and select the appropriate date

import datetime
current_day = datetime.datetime.now().day
driver.find_element_by_xpath(calendar.format(current_day).click

The AG · Answer 3 · 2021-06-10T18:50:53.897

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Here is something I tried using css_selector:

import  datetime

# Getting today's date
now = datetime.datetime.now()
tday = now.strftime("%m-%d-%Y")

# Selecting everything and clearing by backspace
elem.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 'a', Keys.BACKSPACE)
elem = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('#ID')
or 
elem = driver.find_element_by_id('ID')

#  Sending today's date
elem.send_keys(tday)
time.sleep(1)

edited Jun 10 '21 at 18:50

answered Jun 10 '21 at 18:41

The AG

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Passing today's date for a date picker field in Selenium using Python

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