Test localized date input in Chrome

aloe_webdriver/tests/base.py

@@ -138,10 +138,13 @@ def browser_type():
     return os.environ.get('BROWSER_TYPE', 'firefox')
 
 
-def skip_if_browser(browser, message):
+def skip_if_browser(browsers, message):
     """Decorator to skip a test with a particular browser type."""
 
-    if browser_type() == browser:
+    if not isinstance(browsers, (list, tuple)):
+        browsers = [browsers]
+
+    if browser_type() in browsers:
         return unittest.skip(message)
     return lambda func: func
 
@@ -173,4 +176,12 @@ def create_browser():
         'phantomjs': webdriver.PhantomJS,
     }
     driver = browsers[browser_type()]
-    return driver()
+
+    # Explicitly specify the browser locale for the date input tests to work
+    # regardless of the user's settings
+    old_lc_all = os.environ.get('LC_ALL', '')
+    try:
+        os.environ['LC_ALL'] = 'en_US'
+        return driver()
+    finally:
+        os.environ['LC_ALL'] = old_lc_all

aloe_webdriver/tests/test_webdriver.py

@@ -225,7 +225,22 @@ def test_input_values_fail(self):
         Then input "username" has value "Ricky"
         """
 
-    # Chrome's date fields are in a localized format (e.g. DD-MM-YYYY)
+    # Chrome's date fields expect input in a localized format, for example,
+    # mm/dd/yyyy for en_US (note day and month swapped vis-a-vis ISO format).
+    # The test browser locale is set to en_US.
+
+    @skip_if_browser(
+        ['firefox', 'phantomjs'],
+        "Only Chrome's date fields are in a localized format."
+    )
+    @feature()
+    def test_date_input_localized(self):
+        """
+        When I visit test page "basic_page"
+        And I fill in "dob" with "02141992"
+        Then input "dob" has value "1992-02-14"
+        """
+
     @skip_if_browser(
         'chrome',
         "Chrome's date fields are in a localized format."
@@ -234,8 +249,8 @@ def test_input_values_fail(self):
     def test_date_input(self):
         """
         When I visit test page "basic_page"
-        And I fill in "dob" with "1900-01-01"
-        Then input "dob" has value "1900-01-01"
+        And I fill in "dob" with "1992-02-14"
+        Then input "dob" has value "1992-02-14"
         """
 
     @feature()