From: Aureliano Calvo <aurelianocalvo@...>
Date: 2007-07-08T01:56:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Time Test::Unit Question

> James Mead wrote:
> > You could try using Mocha (http://mocha.rubyforge.org)...
> >
> > Time.stubs(:now).returns(the_time_you_want)
>
> I dig that idea, but I get the current time in the actual DB code.  I am
> trying to test my DB code just as much as I am testing my Ruby code
> here.

Why don't you calculate the dates in the tests using Time.now as a
base? Like: yesterday = Time.now - /*1 day*/ (not actual ruby code).
This should make your tests "time independant" while leaving the data
base in its actual state and it only adds a little complexity.