package Test::MockTime; use strict; use warnings; use Carp(); use Exporter(); *import = \&Exporter::import; our @EXPORT_OK = qw( set_relative_time set_absolute_time set_fixed_time restore_time ); our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => \@EXPORT_OK, ); our $VERSION = '0.17'; our $offset = 0; our $fixed = undef; BEGIN { *CORE::GLOBAL::time = \&Test::MockTime::time; *CORE::GLOBAL::localtime = \&Test::MockTime::localtime; *CORE::GLOBAL::gmtime = \&Test::MockTime::gmtime; } sub set_relative_time { my ($relative) = @_; if ( ( $relative eq __PACKAGE__ ) || ( UNIVERSAL::isa( $relative, __PACKAGE__ ) ) ) { Carp::carp("Test::MockTime::set_relative_time called incorrectly\n"); } $offset = $_[-1]; # last argument. might have been called in a OO syntax? return $offset; } sub _time { my ( $time, $spec ) = @_; if ( $time !~ /\A -? \d+ \z/xms ) { $spec ||= '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'; } if ($spec) { require Time::Piece; $time = Time::Piece->strptime( $time, $spec )->epoch(); } return $time; } sub set_absolute_time { my ( $time, $spec ) = @_; if ( ( $time eq __PACKAGE__ ) || ( UNIVERSAL::isa( $time, __PACKAGE__ ) ) ) { Carp::carp("Test::MockTime::set_absolute_time called incorrectly\n"); } $time = _time( $time, $spec ); $offset = $time - CORE::time; return $offset; } sub set_fixed_time { my ( $time, $spec ) = @_; if ( ( $time eq __PACKAGE__ ) || ( UNIVERSAL::isa( $time, __PACKAGE__ ) ) ) { Carp::carp("Test::MockTime::set_fixed_time called incorrectly\n"); } $time = _time( $time, $spec ); $fixed = $time; return $fixed; } sub time() { if ( defined $fixed ) { return $fixed; } else { return ( CORE::time + $offset ); } } sub localtime (;$) { my ($time) = @_; if ( !defined $time ) { $time = Test::MockTime::time(); } return CORE::localtime($time); } sub gmtime (;$) { my ($time) = @_; if ( !defined $time ) { $time = Test::MockTime::time(); } return CORE::gmtime($time); } sub restore { $offset = 0; $fixed = undef; return; } *restore_time = \&restore; 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Test::MockTime - Replaces actual time with simulated time =head1 VERSION Version 0.17 =head1 SYNOPSIS use Test::MockTime qw( :all ); set_relative_time(-600); # do some tests depending on time increasing from 600 seconds ago set_absolute_time(0); # do some more tests depending on time starting from the epoch # epoch may vary according to platform. see perlport. set_fixed_time(CORE::time()); # do some more tests depending on time staying at the current actual time set_absolute_time('1970-01-01T00:00:00Z'); # do some tests depending on time starting at Unix epoch time set_fixed_time('01/01/1970 00:00:00', '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S'); # do some tests depending on time staying at the Unix epoch time restore_time(); # resume normal service =head1 DESCRIPTION This module was created to enable test suites to test code at specific points in time. Specifically it overrides localtime, gmtime and time at compile time and then relies on the user supplying a mock time via set_relative_time, set_absolute_time or set_fixed_time to alter future calls to gmtime,time or localtime. =head1 SUBROUTINES/METHODS =over =item set_absolute_time If given a single, numeric argument, the argument is an absolute time (for example, if 0 is supplied, the absolute time will be the epoch), and calculates the offset to allow subsequent calls to time, gmtime and localtime to reflect this. for example, in the following code Test::MockTime::set_absolute_time(0); my ($start) = time; sleep 2; my ($end) = time; The $end variable should contain 2 seconds past the epoch; If given two arguments, the first argument is taken to be an absolute time in some string format (for example, "01/01/1970 00:00:00"). The second argument is taken to be a C<strptime> format string (for example, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S"). If a single argument is given, but that argument is not numeric, a C<strptime> format string of "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" is assumed. for example, in the following code Test::MockTime::set_absolute_time('1970-01-01T00:00:00Z'); my ($start) = time; sleep 2; my ($end) = time; The $end variable should contain 2 seconds past the Unix epoch; =item set_relative_time($relative) takes as an argument an relative value from current time (for example, if -10 is supplied, current time be converted to actual machine time - 10 seconds) and calculates the offset to allow subsequent calls to time,gmtime and localtime to reflect this. for example, in the following code my ($start) = time; Test::MockTime::set_relative_time(-600); sleep 600; my ($end) = time; The $end variable should contain either the same or very similar values to the $start variable. =item set_fixed_time If given a single, numeric argument, the argument is an absolute time (for example, if 0 is supplied, the absolute time will be the epoch). All subsequent calls to gmtime, localtime and time will return this value. for example, in the following code Test::MockTime::set_fixed_time(time) my ($start) = time; sleep 3; my ($end) = time; the $end variable and the $start variable will contain the same results If given two arguments, the first argument is taken to be an absolute time in some string format (for example, "01/01/1970 00:00:00"). The second argument is taken to be a C<strptime> format string (for example, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S"). If a single argument is given, but that argument is not numeric, a C<strptime> format string of "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" is assumed. =item restore() restore the default time handling values. C<restore_time> is an alias. When exported with the 'all' tag, this subroutine is exported as C<restore_time>. =back =head1 CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT Test::MockTime requires no configuration files or environment variables. =head1 DEPENDENCIES Test::MockTime depends on the following non-core Perl modules. =over =item * L<Time::Piece 1.08 or greater|Time::Piece> =back =head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES None reported =head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS Probably. =head1 AUTHOR David Dick <ddick@cpan.org> =head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to a use.perl.org journal entry <http://use.perl.org/~geoff/journal/20660> by Geoffrey Young.