shopery/datetime

Datetime helper for easier testing

shopery/datetime

⚠ Note ⚠

This library is not production ready yet, and can be subject to heavy changes., _(*1)

Simple DateTime provider. Allows time freezing for testing purposes., _(*2)

Installation

You can install this library:, _(*3)

• Install via composer: composer require shopery/datetime
• Use the official Git repository: git clone https://github.com/shopery/datetime.

Usage

Replace every new DateTime() with a call to Shopery\DateTime\DateTime::now() for better testability., _(*4)

To create relative datetimes, be it in the past or the future, use Shopery\DateTime\DateTime::create($timeString) passing a GNU string modificator., _(*5)

Freezing time

You can freeze time with the static method DateTime::freeze(). Pass any date as argument to set the current frozen time. This allows testing time-dependent scenarios. You should remember to call DateTime::unfreeze at the end of the tests to clear it., _(*6)

Example

use Shopery\DateTime\DateTime;
use DateTime as NativeDateTime;

class Coupon
{
    private $expiredTime;

    public function __construct(NativeDateTime $expiredTime)
    {
        $this->expiredTime = $expiredTime;
    }

    public function hasExpired()
    {
        return DateTime::now() > $this->expiredTime;
    }
}

class CouponTest
{
    public function test_has_expired()
    {
        $coupon = new Coupon(DateTime::create('yesterday'));

        $this->assertTrue($coupon->hasExpired());

        $frozenTime = DateTime::create('a month ago');
        DateTime::freeze($frozenTime);

        $this->assertFalse($coupon->hasExpired());

        DateTime::unfreeze();
    }
}

PHPUnit Listener

You can setup PHPUnit to freeze time while entering some of your tests. A PHPUnit listener is provided which adds a freezeTime annotation for your tests. Here are the changes you need to do to your phpunit.xml:, _(*7)

<phpunit>
    ...
    <listeners>
        <listener class="Shopery\DateTime\Listener\PHPUnit\DateTimeListener" />
    </listeners>
    ...
</phpunit>

And now, you can add @freezeTime in the PHPDoc of each test., _(*8)

class MyTest
{
    /**
     * @freezeTime
     */
    public function test_frozen_in_current_time()
    {
    }

    /**
     * @freezeTime 2015-01-31 08:30:00
     */
    public function test_frozen_in_a_given_date()
    {
    }

    /**
     * @freezeTime first monday of January last year
     */
    public function test_frozen_in_a_relative_date()
    {
    }

    public function test_this_is_not_frozen()
    {
    }
}