How to generate time with format in Jmeter

Question

I have a request payload in which it accept a parameter in called end-date in the Tue Jan 26 2021 12:00:00 GMT-0800 format.

So I want to always enter the next day of the current day or any day hence forth for example if I am running it today it should send either tomorrow or any additional day I have set in the format Wed Jan 27 2021 12:00:00 GMT-0800 or Tue Feb 2 2021 12:00:00 GMT-0800.

How to achieve this in Jmeter ?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65921754/how-to-generate-time-with-format-in-jmeter

Answer 1

1. To get current timestamp in an arbitrary format - __time() function:

   ${__time(EE MM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss z,)}
   

2. To get any past/future date in an arbitrary format - __timeShift() function

   ${__timeShift(EE MM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss z,,P1D,,)}
   

Demo:

More information:

• SimpleDateFormat
• Creating Dates in JMeter Using the TimeShift Function