Robot Framework：在变量中使用当前日期无效

Question

My Variables header inside my Robot file looks like:

*** Variables ***
${date} =  Get Current Date    result_format=%Y%m%d%H%M%S
${workspaceName} =  Workspace${date}

When I use ${workspaceName} later in the file, it's content is "Get Current Date result_format=%Y%m%d%H%M%S" as a string. But when ${workspaceName} is defined inside a test case, it works correctly.

Is it true that the Variables section can't contain functions? For example Get Current Date ?

Answer 1

You are correct. You cannot call functions within the ***Variables*** section. If you would like to use the Get Current Date Function and assign it to a Variable you will need to do it within the ***Test Cases*** section or the ***Keywords*** section!

For example:

***Settings***
Library    DateTime

***Variables***
[...]

***Test Cases***
[...]
${CurrentDate} =    Get Current Date    result_format=%Y%m%d%H%M%S
Log    ${CurrentDate}

***Keywords***
[...]
# Can do it here too!

Will log today's date in the format you have specified. Hope this helps! Any other questions please ask away!