Select date and time for capybara-rspec from rails forms

gistfile1.txt

def select_date(date, options = {})
  field = options[:from]
  base_id = find(:xpath, ".//label[contains(.,'#{field}')]")[:for]
  year, month, day = date.split(',')
  select year,  :from => "#{base_id}_1i"
  select month, :from => "#{base_id}_2i"
  select day,   :from => "#{base_id}_3i"
end

def select_time(hour, minute, options = {})
  field = options[:from]
  base_id = find(:xpath, ".//label[contains(.,'#{field}')]")[:for]
  select hour, :from => "#{base_id}_4i"
  select minute, :from => "#{base_id}_5i"
end

There is some Rails magic that happens when using the date and time form helpers that makes it non-trivial to test. These methods allow Capybara to set values for date_select and time_select components. I got select_date from Stack Overflow and modified it to create select_time.

For both of these, make sure that the text in the date and time strings is exactly what appears in the option values.

select_date("2013,December,7", :from => "Birthday")

select_time("02 PM", "00", :from => "Start time")

  def select_date(date, from:)
    label_el = find('label', text: from)
    id = label_el['for']
    select(date.year, from: "#{id}_1i")
    select(date.strftime("%B"), from: "#{id}_2i")
    select(date.day, from: "#{id}_3i")
  end