How to mock new Date() in java using Mockito

Question

I have a function that uses the current time to make some calculations. I\'d like to mock it using mockito.

An example of the class I\'d like to test:

Answer 1

If you have legacy code that you cannot refactor and you do not want to affect System.currentTimeMillis(), try this using Powermock and PowerMockito

//note the static import
import static org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.whenNew;

@PrepareForTest({ LegacyClassA.class, LegacyClassB.class })

@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PST"));

    Date NOW = sdf.parse("2015-05-23 00:00:00");

    // everytime we call new Date() inside a method of any class
    // declared in @PrepareForTest we will get the NOW instance 
    whenNew(Date.class).withNoArguments().thenReturn(NOW);

}

public class LegacyClassA {
  public Date getSomeDate() {
     return new Date(); //returns NOW
  }
}