[rspec-users] Date comparisons

[Aslak Hellesøy]

If your code uses Date#now, always make sure you stub it in your  
specs. Always.

On 5. mai. 2008, at 05.42, "s.ross" <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi--
>
> On May 3, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
>
>> I occasionally get this error:
>>
>> 1)
>> 'A puzzle once featured, should no longer be nominated' FAILED
>> expected: Sun May 04 09:10:26 -0700 2008,
>>    got: Sun May 04 09:10:26 -0700 2008 (using ==)
>> ./spec/models/puzzle_spec.rb:180:
>>
>>
>>
>> So, the dates looks the same to me.  Any ideas for how to debug?
>>
>> Joe
>
> I monkeypatched DateTime (aieeeeee!) to get this effect. A custom  
> matcher is probably a better solution. Here's the monkeypatch:
>
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
>
> class DateTime
>    def close?(other_date, difference)
>        (other_date.to_time.to_i - DateTime.now.to_time.to_i).abs <  
> difference
>    end
> end
>
> #Delete this context and add some real ones
> context "should be able to create a project viewer" do
>  fixtures :project_viewers
>
>  specify "fixtures should load two ProjectViewers" do
>    pb = ProjectViewer.create(:comments => 'a  
> comment', :last_viewed_at => DateTime.now)
>    pb.last_viewed_at.should_be_close(DateTime.now, 100)
>  end
> end
>
>
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