time change

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Re: time change (ex::override core function) by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2014 at 14:02 UTC
See Override the open builtin globally.. redux, ex::override, and override time/localtime/gmtime to bump it up by a few years :)	[reply]
Re: time change by trwww (Priest) on Feb 18, 2014 at 15:01 UTC
You could probably use Time::Mock or Test::MockTime.	[reply]
Re: time change by vinoth.ree (Monsignor) on Feb 18, 2014 at 14:31 UTC
Hi, If you are on Linux, you can just use the `date` command and can change the date and time to future date and you can do the test. Changing the date and time: Changing the date and time requires two steps. First, Linux's date and time must be changed and then the new time has to be written to the hardware clock. The date command can be used for both viewing and changing the date and time. *All is well*	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: time change by ag4ve (Monk) on Feb 18, 2014 at 14:37 UTC
Yeah, I was hoping not to need to touch any part of the system or environment (ie, changing the actual date even if it's not written to hardware - synctohc). However, overriding the functions with *CORE::GLOBAL should work (since it's done on compile time and should affect all modules that call those functions).	[reply]
Re: time change by tweetiepooh (Hermit) on Feb 18, 2014 at 15:46 UTC
Is it possible to tag the data into the past thus making it appear expired without needing to touch the "real" time?	[reply]
Re^2: time change by Laurent_R (Canon) on Feb 18, 2014 at 21:50 UTC
Well, that seems to be what the Time::Mock or Test::MockTime modules suggested by trwww are about.	[reply]
Re^3: time change by ag4ve (Monk) on Feb 20, 2014 at 04:52 UTC
Yes, Time::Mock seems to do what I want (I haven't looked to see if using Test::TimeMock would be better for my needs yet). Thanks	[reply]