Get date

This is a pre-built action available under the Captured Date Element from the Desktop Application. The functionality of this action in Avo Assure is to retrieve the date based on the format specified in the Input Value column and store the result in a dynamic variable.

Syntax

Input Value: <Date format>

Argument	Description
<Date format> (Required)	Specify the date format Supported Formats: 1. dd/MM/yyyy 2. MM/dd/yyyy 3. dd/MMM/yyyy 4. MMM/dd/yyyy

Output Value:

Argument	Description
<Dynamic Variable> (Required)	This dynamic variable holds the retrieved date from the element.
<Dynamic Variable> (Optional)	This dynamic variable holds the status of the action as True or False.

Example

Retrieves the date from the captured date element in the specified format

The Get Date action takes the value from the Input Value column (e.g., dd/MM/yyyy) and retrieves the date in the provided format from the captured date element. The result of the date retrieval operation is stored in the {GetDate} variable as (13/12/2025)

Knowledge Bites: Below are some examples of different dates formatted scenarios

Date formats	Input Value (syntax)	Result
dd/MM/yyyy	dd/MM/yyyy	15/13/2025
MM/dd/yyyy	MM/dd/yyyy	13/08/2025
dd/MMM/yyyy	dd/MMM/yyyy	15/Apr/2025
MMM/dd/yyyy	MMM/dd/yyyy	Apr/15/2025