Are you using rspec? You could use: expect(date).to be_within(1.second).of(reference_date)
https://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/v/3-8/docs/built-in-matchers/be-within-matcher On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 3:07 PM Hillary Hueter <weimar1...@gmail.com> wrote: > So i have to validate in a test that the date is being correctly written > to the database. > > My Date function uses the following to get the date from an xml document > > DateTime.parse(@response.deep_select('TI').sort.reverse.first).strftime('%Y-%m-%d > %H:%M:%S %z') > > TI will have a value like "2019-02-06T18:52:10.9986708-08:00" > > '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z' is the database format. > > Where my test is failing is the process that writes to the database (which > i can't update), is rounding this timestamp to the nearest second so the > database value is 2019-02-06 18:52:11.000. So my tests are sometimes > failing. > > So my question is how can i get this > DateTime.parse(@response.deep_select('TI').sort.reverse.first).strftime('%Y-%m-%d > %H:%M:%S %z') to include rounding to the nearest second so that my test > will pass, since the rounding is acceptable. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > sdruby@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sdruby+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Ylan Segal y...@segal-family.com -- -- SD Ruby mailing list sdruby@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sdruby+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
