Comparing dates with Rspec

Question

I have the following test:

it 'gives the correct last parsed result' do
 expect(FactoryGirl.create(:category_page_with_parsed_results).last_parsed_result.date).to eql(Date.parse('2012-01-01'))
end

And it fails like this:

 expected: Sun, 01 Jan 2012
 got: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

The thing here is that when I create that Factory, I don't write any 00:00:00 time at all, so I don't know why is it returning it that way.

Any thoughts on how should I test this?

does last_parsed_result is in timestamp, to be specific what is its class ? — Paritosh Piplewar
– Paritosh Piplewar, Commented Feb 26, 2014 at 16:30
created a new answer, didn't tested it. give a try. May be that will work. — Paritosh Piplewar
– Paritosh Piplewar, Commented Feb 26, 2014 at 16:40

Paritosh Piplewar · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-26 16:39:10Z

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ok, do this

expect(FactoryGirl.create(:category_page_with_parsed_results).last_parsed_result.to_date).to eql(Date.parse('2012-01-01'))

answered Feb 26, 2014 at 16:39

Paritosh Piplewar

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user1096557 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-26 16:30:12Z

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So I'm guessing your "last_parsed_result" object has a date property that is stored in the database. Playing around in irb (Ruby 2.1.0) console I have:

require 'date'
Date.parse('2012-01-01').to_s  => "2012-01-01"
DateTime.parse('2012-01-01').to_s => "2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"

My guess is that last_parsed_result.date is a DateTime object and so that's why you're getting the 00:00:00 time.

answered Feb 26, 2014 at 16:30

user1096557

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Hommer Smith Over a year ago

Mmmm but how do I test they are equal?

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