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Expand Up @@ -239,23 +239,23 @@ When I set the following fields to these values:
When testing plugins with deadlines, for instance for submissions, it is often necessary to set certain time values to dates relative to today.
You can specify a relative time enclosed within two ## blocks. For example:

- `## yesterday ##`
- `## 2 days ago ##`
- `##yesterday##`
- `##2 days ago##`
You can use everything according to http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php.

Especially useful are the relative formats from: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php
Especially useful are the relative formats from: https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php#datetime.formats.relative

Additionally, you can specify a format you want the date to be returned into:

- `## yesterday ## myformat ##`
These formats can be used as outlined in http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php.
- `##yesterday##myformat##`
These formats can be used as outlined in https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php#refsect1-function.strftime-parameters.
This can be combined with the field groups:

```gherkin
When I set the following fields to these values:
| myDate[day] | ##yesterday##d## |
| myDate[month] | ##yesterday##F## |
| myDate[year] | ##yesterday##Y## |
| myDate[day] | ##yesterday##%d## |
| myDate[month] | ##yesterday##%B## |
| myDate[year] | ##yesterday##%Y## |
```

### Writing your own steps
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