Can I “Mock” time in PHPUnit?

Question

... not knowing if \'mock\' is the right word.

Anyway, I have an inherited code-base that I\'m trying to write some tests for that are time-based. Trying not to be <

Answer 1

Disclaimer: I wrote this library.

You can mock time for test using Clock from ouzo-goodies.

In code use simply:

$time = Clock::now();

Then in tests:

Clock::freeze('2014-01-07 12:34');
$result = Class::getCurrDate();
$this->assertEquals('2014-01-07', $result);