Comments on: RSpec’ing with Time.now http://ariejan.net/2008/11/05/rspecing-with-timenow/ Code Monkey Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:50:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Trupianohttp://ariejan.net/2008/11/05/rspecing-with-timenow/comment-page-1/#comment-11306 John Trupiano Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:53:56 +0000 http://ariejan.net/?p=320#comment-11306 Timecop ( http://github.com/jtrupiano/timecop ) can be particularly handy in these situations. One particularly useful feature is that it mocks Time.now, Date.today and DateTime.now all in one call. It also allows you to distinguish between freezing time (Timecop.freeze) and rebasing time (Timecop.travel). The latter allows Time to continue to move forward. Timecop ( http://github.com/jtrupiano/timecop ) can be particularly handy in these situations. One particularly useful feature is that it mocks Time.now, Date.today and DateTime.now all in one call. It also allows you to distinguish between freezing time (Timecop.freeze) and rebasing time (Timecop.travel). The latter allows Time to continue to move forward.

]]> By: Ariejan de Vroomhttp://ariejan.net/2008/11/05/rspecing-with-timenow/comment-page-1/#comment-10627 Ariejan de Vroom Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:03:56 +0000 http://ariejan.net/?p=320#comment-10627 The idea is that you test your Model as it is. I don't think it's smart to change your Model to accept a Time object just to test it.Stubbing and mocking can get ugly and I try to keep it to an absolute minimum. This example, however, works fine and it's quite clear what you're doing. The idea is that you test your Model as it is. I don’t think it’s smart to change your Model to accept a Time object just to test it.

Stubbing and mocking can get ugly and I try to keep it to an absolute minimum. This example, however, works fine and it’s quite clear what you’re doing.

]]> By: Matthijs Langenberghttp://ariejan.net/2008/11/05/rspecing-with-timenow/comment-page-1/#comment-10626 Matthijs Langenberg Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:54:23 +0000 http://ariejan.net/?p=320#comment-10626 Or you could pass the current time to Model.create(). I'm starting to dislike all this mocking and stubbing. Or you could pass the current time to Model.create(). I’m starting to dislike all this mocking and stubbing.

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