johnlauck · March 31, 2010 14:43 · Mar 31, 2010
diff --git a/capybara_date_web_steps.rb b/capybara_date_web_steps.rb
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+When /^(?:|I )select "([^\"]*)" as the "([^\"]*)" date$/ do |date, date_label|
+  select_date(date, :from => date_label)
+end
+
+DATE_TIME_SUFFIXES = {
+  :year   => '1i',
+  :month  => '2i',
+  :day    => '3i',
+  :hour   => '4i',
+  :minute => '5i'
+}
+
+def select_date(date_to_select, options ={})
+  date = date_to_select.is_a?(Date) || date_to_select.is_a?(Time) ?
+            date_to_select : Date.parse(date_to_select)
+
+  id_prefix = id_prefix_for(options)
+
+  select date.year, :from => "#{id_prefix}_#{DATE_TIME_SUFFIXES[:year]}"
+  select date.strftime('%B'), :from => "#{id_prefix}_#{DATE_TIME_SUFFIXES[:month]}"
+  select date.day, :from => "#{id_prefix}_#{DATE_TIME_SUFFIXES[:day]}"
+end
+
+def id_prefix_for(options = {})
+  msg = "cannot select option, no select box with id, name, or label '#{options[:from]}' found"
+  locate(:xpath, Capybara::XPath.select(options[:from]), msg)['id'].gsub(/_#{DATE_TIME_SUFFIXES[:year]}$/,'')
+end
+