require_relative '../../spec_helper' require 'date' describe "DateTime.now" do it "creates an instance of DateTime" do DateTime.now.should be_an_instance_of(DateTime) end it "sets the current date" do (DateTime.now - Date.today).to_f.should be_close(0.0, TIME_TOLERANCE) end it "sets the current time" do dt = DateTime.now now = Time.now (dt.to_time - now).should be_close(0.0, TIME_TOLERANCE) end it "grabs the local timezone" do with_timezone("PDT", -8) do dt = DateTime.now dt.zone.should == "-08:00" end end end