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Playwright with Python #23 - Date Picker & Calendar Automation | Select Date, Time, Month & Year

🚀This video demonstrates how to automate date picker interactions using Playwright in Python. It shows how to open the calendar, navigate through months and years, and select specific days, making it a valuable playwright automation tutorial. The tutorial covers different scenarios for date selection within web applications, which is essential for effective automation testing and software testing. Struggling to automate calendar and date picker elements in web applications? In this Playwright with Python tutorial, you'll master how to handle date pickers like a pro — opening calendars, switching months, changing years, selecting days, setting hours & minutes, and toggling AM/PM — all driven by test data. This is one of the most common real-world automation challenges QA Engineers face, and by the end of this video, you'll be able to write clean, reusable, assertion-backed test scripts for any date-time picker. 📌 KEY TOPICS COVERED: Automating date pickers with Playwright Python Defining test data for date, time, hour, minute, AM/PM Locating calendar elements using CSS selectors Handling multiple elements with .first locator Combining multiple CSS classes with dot notation Changing month using next/previous arrows Updating year input field dynamically Selecting a specific day using XPath with f-string Setting hour & minute with Control + A keyboard press Toggling AM/PM conditionally based on current value Reading input value with text_content() & input_value() Writing assertions to validate selected date & time Verifying input field is not empty using expect().not_to_be_empty() ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction to Date Picker Automation 00:33 Exploring the Date Picker Demo Application 01:10 Why You Need Test Data for Date/Time 01:46 Setting Up the Test File in PyCharm 02:33 Defining Expected Test Data (Year, Day, Hour, Minute, AM/PM) 04:19 Opening the Calendar & Locating Date Picker 05:24 Clicking to Open the Calendar 06:06 Changing the Month Using Next Month Locator 08:23 Updating the Year Input Field 10:35 Selecting a Specific Day with Dynamic Locator 12:09 Setting the Hour Using Control + A & Type 15:06 Setting the Minute Value 16:45 Handling AM/PM Toggle with Conditional Logic 19:32 Reading the Selected Date Value 20:37 Writing Assertions to Verify Date & Time 22:28 Running the Test & Live Execution 23:35 Recap & Best Practices 📢 CTA SECTION: ✅ Subscribe to the channel for more Playwright with Python tutorials 👍 Like this video if it helped you understand date picker automation 💬 Comment below with your automation challenges — I read every comment! 🔔 Hit the bell icon so you never miss an episode 🎯 If you're an aspiring QA Engineer or Automation Tester, mastering Playwright will open massive career opportunities. Stay consistent, keep practicing, and you'll land that automation testing job! #PlaywrightPython #DatePickerAutomation #PlaywrightTutorial #AutomationTesting #PythonAutomation #CalendarAutomation #WebAutomation #QATesting #SeleniumAlternative #PlaywrightFramework #TestAutomation #PythonTesting #UIAutomation #SoftwareTesting #QAEngineer #LearnAutomation #PlaywrightLocators #AutomationTester #LearnCoding #QATestingJobs 🔔 Subscribe for FREE Software Testing Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/c/TestingFunda ================================== 🚀 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ON THIS CHANNEL ================================== ✅ Manual & Automation Testing ✅ Selenium, Cypress, Playwright & Appium ✅ API Testing with Postman ✅ Performance Testing with JMeter ✅ Java & Python for Testers ✅ Agile, SDLC, STLC & Interview Prep ================================== 📚 FREE TUTORIAL PLAYLISTS ================================== 🔹 Selenium Tutorials (Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hyEnZT9AkQ&list=PLBw1ubD1J1UjP1rZMbU8NSh2ajE12Yjjf 🔹 JMeter Performance Testing (Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s33Bqz0vAUw&list=PLBw1ubD1J1UgVniCSUlg_LKRzlF11CZZB 🔹 Postman API Testing (Free) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBw1ubD1J1UgVniCSUlg_LKRzlF11CZZB 🔹 Java Programming for Testers (Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8HRfmJ_ZZQ&list=PLBw1ubD1J1UjGNxe10eY-H7e9cQ12Qk_l 🔹 Cypress Automation Testing (Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvCLwh5vN8g&list=PLBw1ubD1J1Ujws5XLs7BGJqQkQVpJtmBJ 🔹 Agile Testing Series (Free) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBw1ubD1J1Uif-cFY6BJRbjc3Ah9bKpSd 🔹 Animated Software Testing Videos (Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRcsuCrQI_s&list=PLBw1ubD1J1UhnuUX3Kd5OP5r9qaDHie-T ================================== 🔗 CONNECT WITH US ================================== 📺 YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/c/TestingFunda ================================== ⚠️ DISCLAIMER ================================== All content is for educational purposes only. #SoftwareTesting #AutomationTesting #Selenium #QA #ManualTesting #Postman #JMeter #Cypress #JavaTesting #APITesting #PerformanceTesting #QAEngineer #SDET #TestingTutorials #FreeTutorials #2026