Read date from excel

 To handle an Excel sheet date with an online website date using Selenium and Java, you can use the Apache POI library to read data from the Excel sheet and compare it with the date obtained from the website. Here's an example:

```java

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;

import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.io.FileInputStream;

import java.time.LocalDate;

import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class ExcelDateComparator {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Set the path to chromedriver.exe

        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path/to/chromedriver.exe");

        // Create a new instance of ChromeDriver

        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        try {

            // Launch the web page

            driver.get("http://example.com");

            // Load the Excel workbook

            FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream("path/to/excel_file.xlsx");

            Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(file);

            // Read the date from Excel sheet

            Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheet("Sheet1");

            Row row = sheet.getRow(0); // Assuming the date is in the first row

            Cell cell = row.getCell(0); // Assuming the date is in the first column

            LocalDate excelDate = cell.getLocalDateTimeCellValue().toLocalDate();

            // Get the website date

            String websiteDateText = driver.findElement(By.id("date-element")).getText();

            LocalDate websiteDate = LocalDate.parse(websiteDateText, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd"));

            // Compare the dates

            if (excelDate.equals(websiteDate)) {

                System.out.println("Dates match!");

            } else {

                System.out.println("Dates do not match!");

            }

            // Close the workbook and browser

            workbook.close();

            driver.quit();

        } catch (Exception e) {

            e.printStackTrace();

        }

    }

}

```

Make sure to replace `"path/to/chromedriver.exe"` with the actual path to the `chromedriver.exe` file on your system. Also, modify the web page URL, `date-element` ID, and the Excel file path (`path/to/excel_file.xlsx`) based on your specific scenario.

In this example, we use Apache POI to read the date from the Excel sheet. We assume that the date is located in the first row and first column of the "Sheet1" worksheet. We then extract the date from the website using Selenium by locating the corresponding element and parsing it into a `LocalDate` object.

Finally, we compare the two dates and print a message indicating whether they match or not. Remember to handle any exceptions that may occur during the process.