| Subject: | test fails in 2020 |
tests failed after 2020-01-01
because of an ambiguity of two-digit years.
man Time::Local says
Years in the range 0..99 are interpreted as shorthand for years in
the rolling "current century," defined as 50 years on either side
of the current year. Thus, today, in 1999, 0 would refer to 2000,
and 45 to 2045, but 55 would refer to 1955. Twenty years from now,
55 would instead refer to 2055. This is messy, but matches the way
people currently think about two digit dates. Whenever possible,
use an absolute four digit year instead.
This patch fixed it for me:
Index: Test-MockTime-0.15/t/test.t
===================================================================
--- Test-MockTime-0.15.orig/t/test.t
+++ Test-MockTime-0.15/t/test.t
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ ok(($mock >= 100) && ($mock <= 101), "Ab
sleep 2;
$mock = time;
ok(($mock >= 102) && ($mock <= 103), "Absolute time is still in sync after two seconds sleep:$mock");
-$mock = Time::Local::timelocal(localtime);
+my @localtime = localtime;
+$localtime[5] += 1900; # to make sure that year=70 is not interpreted as 2070
+$mock = Time::Local::timelocal(@localtime);
$real = Time::Local::timelocal(CORE::localtime);
ok($mock <= $real, "localtime seems ok");
Test::MockTime::set_fixed_time(CORE::time);