[rspec-users] Stubbing out Time correctly

[Scott Taylor]

On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Adam Anderson wrote:

> I can't seem to find a good way to do this. If I stub out Time.now  
> in one of my specs but need to return it to its original  
> functionality then can I remove the stub?
>
> So I'd like to say something like:
> Time.stub!(:now).and_return(foo_time)
> Time.now # => foo_time
> Time.unstub!(:now)
> Time.now # => whatever time it actually is


Capture it before you stub it:

real_now= Time.now

Time.stub!(:now).and_return a_later_time

Time.stub!(:now).and_return real_now

>
> Is this possible? I noticed $rspec_mocks.reset_all, but obviously I  
> don't want everything to go away, just this one stub.
>
>
> -Adam
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