Can anyone suggest why this spec fails using Timecop 0.6.1 and Ruby 2.0.0?
(It passes using Timecop 0.4.5 and Ruby 1.9.3)
require 'timecop'
require 'spec_helper'
describe Class do
it "freezes time" do
Timecop.freeze Date.new(2012,7,1) do
expect(Date.today).to eq(Date.new 2012,7,1)
end
end
end
Which results in:
$ rspec spec/models/time_cop_spec.rb
Failures:
1) Class freezes time
Failure/Error: expect(Date.today).to eq(Date.new 2012,7,1)
expected: Sun, 01 Jul 2012
got: Thu, 02 May 2013
(compared using ==)
Diff:
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Sun, 01 Jul 2012
+Thu, 02 May 2013
There is a very clear and consise answer to this (and a pull request to fix it) on Timecop's GitHub Repo.
Short answer: a change in Bundler version, not a change in Ruby or Timecop version, caused the issue.
Short solution: Add require 'date'
to the very top (before require 'timecop'
).
Thanks to @micahchalmer :)