Bug #43216 for Test-MockTime: suggest mock Date::Calc too

Wed Feb 11 17:14:36 2009 user42 [...] zip.com.au - Ticket created

Subject:	suggest mock Date::Calc too
Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:24:42 +1100
To:	bug-Test-MockTime [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Kevin Ryde <user42 [...] zip.com.au>

I'd be good if Test::MockTime could jig up overrides for the Date::Calc current time funcs too. The basic ones I spot are (among which I've been using Today() ...), System_Clock Today Now Today_and_Now This_Year And a couple default to the current time and so would want the fake current time substituted, Gmtime Localtime (They're all xsubs, so don't go through the CORE:: overrides already.) The various other Date::Calc funcs might be able to do most of the actual work, starting from a time_t for the faked current time. It'd be tempting to have Test::MockTime mangle Date::Calc automatically if it's loaded, or mangle when later loaded (if that's feasible). Otherwise an option to load and mangle could be ok if that's easier or more reliable (esp if other modules import Date::Calc funcs).

Tue Mar 24 07:18:02 2009 DDICK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Wed Feb 11 17:14:36 2009, user42@zip.com.au wrote: Show quoted text

> I'd be good if Test::MockTime could jig up overrides for the Date::Calc > current time funcs too. The basic ones I spot are (among which I've > been using Today() ...), > > System_Clock > Today > Now > Today_and_Now > This_Year > > And a couple default to the current time and so would want the fake > current time substituted, > > Gmtime > Localtime > > (They're all xsubs, so don't go through the CORE:: overrides already.) > The various other Date::Calc funcs might be able to do most of the > actual work, starting from a time_t for the faked current time. > > It'd be tempting to have Test::MockTime mangle Date::Calc automatically > if it's loaded, or mangle when later loaded (if that's feasible). > Otherwise an option to load and mangle could be ok if that's easier or > more reliable (esp if other modules import Date::Calc funcs).

Always happy to apply supplied patches, but this sounds like it'd be much more work mocking Date::Calc rather than simply patching Date::Calc to use the perl time function?

Tue Mar 24 07:18:03 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Apr 07 17:46:30 2009 DDICK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

used Kevin Ryde's lib/Test/MockTime/DateCalc.pm and t/DateCalc.t. May need/want to split these files into a separate module.

Tue Apr 07 17:46:31 2009 DDICK [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'