http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:31:03 GMT DZone Snippets: ruby code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/1706 Searching for a way to test time-based data in ruby, I came across an excellent suggestion from Rick Olson (technoweenie). I've cleaned it a little to make it clearer to read, but the main credit should go to Rick. <br /> <br /><code> <br />class << Time <br /> unless method_defined? :now_before_time_travel <br /> alias_method :now_before_time_travel, :now <br /> end <br /> <br /> def now <br /> @now || now_before_time_travel <br /> end <br /> <br /> def travel_to(time, &block) <br /> @now = time <br /> block.call <br /> ensure <br /> @now = nil <br /> end <br />end <br /></code> <br /> <br /><code> <br />def test_something_involving_time <br /> account = Time.travel_to(creation_time = Time.now) do <br /> Account.new <br /> end <br /> <br /> assert_equal creation_time, account.creation_time <br />end <br /></code> Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:25:54 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/1706 tomafro (Tom Ward)