just_add_watir | Advanced recipes for Watir » Time.now http://justaddwatir.com Advanced recipes for Watir Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Q. How do I enter the current date or time into a textfield? http://justaddwatir.com/2008/q-how-do-i-enter-the-current-date-or-time-into-a-textfield/ http://justaddwatir.com/2008/q-how-do-i-enter-the-current-date-or-time-into-a-textfield/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:19:00 +0000 admin http://justaddwatir.com/watir/?p=45 A. Use the Time.now method ...
Example html:

<html>
   <body>
      <form method="post" action="">
         <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="1">
            Enter your comments here...
         </textarea><br />
         <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
      </form>
   </body>
</html>

Example watir:

t=Time.now
@b.text_field(:name,"comments").set(t.strftime("%m/%d/%Y_%H%:M%"))
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