Java/Webdriver - Comparing date specified in the string with today's date

Question

I would like to verify that date which appears in the string matches todays date.

For examples: 1. Navigate to Page 2. Get displayed string text "Data Current as of 2017-10-17" 3. Assert to today's date for pass/fail

i need to retrieve the date from text as a date and compare to current date in the system. The format should be ("yyyy-MM-dd"); — Gamcusa, Oct 17 '17 at 19:24
Are you aware of the [DateTimeFormatter class](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html) and have you tried using it? — Dawood ibn Kareem, Oct 17 '17 at 19:25
I will try, however if you can write the method i would appreciate... — Gamcusa, Oct 17 '17 at 19:42
Well, why don't you give it a try, then post back if you run into a specific problem? — Dawood ibn Kareem, Oct 17 '17 at 19:57
You might end up using the `now()` method of the `LocalDate` class at some point. — Dawood ibn Kareem, Oct 17 '17 at 20:06
Possible duplicate of [How to compare dates in Java?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2592501/how-to-compare-dates-in-java) — JeffC, Oct 17 '17 at 23:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 19 '17 at 01:42

`WebElement dateText = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(.,'Data Current as of')]"));

    String fullDateString = dateText.getText();
    DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    String patternString = "(\\d+-\\d+-\\d+)";//use of Reg Ex

    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternString);

    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(dateText.getText());

    Date repodate = new Date();

    while (matcher.find()) {
        repodate = df.parse(matcher.group());
    }

    Date currDate = df.parse(df.format(new Date()));

    if (currDate == repodate) ///verifing
        ;
    {
        System.out.println(currDate);
        System.out.println(repodate);
    }

    Assert.assertEquals(repodate, currDate);//asserting`

let me know if you any of you would have done it differently, please! — Gamcusa, Oct 19 '17 at 01:43

Java/Webdriver - Comparing date specified in the string with today's date

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