QTP - How to set/get system time and date?

QTP allows running different types of test. And sometimes, it needs perform time and date manipulations on a computer. In this article, I will show and explain - how to get system time/date and change them.

Actually, today's lecture consists of two questions:

1. How to get system time and date?
2. How to set system time and date?

Let start training right now :)
So, the first section is:


How to get system time and date?

Actually, this is not difficult task! Use the following functions:

• Now - function returns the current date and time according to the setting of your computer's system date and time.
• Date - function returns the current system date.
• Time - function returns a Variant of subtype Date indicating the current system time.

So, the code is very simple. I provide it with a screen shot containing results:

Well, let's deal with the second section:


How to set system time and date?
For that, I will use simple DOS commands:

time - this command displays or sets the system time:

• To change: the time, pass it as a parameter to time command. See the above screen shot as an example.

date - this command displays or sets the system date

• To change the date, pass it as a parameter to date command. See the above screen shot as an example for date manipulations :)

Now, I will combine all the above VBScript functions (Now, Date, Time) and DOC commands (time and date):