Date Difference

This is a pre-built action in Avo Assure which is Located under the @Generic element category. The difference can be found between a date and a few days or between two dates, and the resultant date or no. of days is stored in an output variable.

Syntax

Input: <date>; <number of days OR date>; <current date format>

Supported date formats:

1. dd/MM/yyyy

2. dd/MMM/yyyy

Output: <Dynamic Variable> ;< Dynamic Variable> (Optional)

Use case/Example

Scenario: Verify Subscription Days Left

Consider a scenario where you are testing a subscription service’s web application. The service provides users with the ability to see how many days are overdue after their subscription expires. You are testing the functionality of the Overdue field on your dashboard. It verifies that the number of days after a subscription expires is calculated correctly using the date difference action. This means calculating the difference between the subscription expiry date and the Current date and checking if it matches the expected output shown in the application.

Input

Basic Subscription Duration calculation

• Subscription End Date: 31/10/2024

• Current Date: 25/10/2024

Expected Result

It verifies the difference between the current date and the subscription expiry date, determines the number of days remaining and displays the result as Days left = 06 days.

Output

The action performed and saves the resultant no.of days in {result}output variable as 06.