28. Automating Interactive Date Pickers & Month Navigation

Date Picker Automation Pattern

// Open calendar widget:
driver.findElement(By.id("depart-date")).click();
// Navigate to target month:
String targetMonthYear = "December 2026";
while (!driver.findElement(By.className("calendar-header")).getText().contains(targetMonthYear)) {
    driver.findElement(By.className("next-month-btn")).click();
}
// Select target day:
String targetDay = "15";
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='calendar-body']//td[text()='" + targetDay + "']")).click();