Time =~ matcher now works with ruby 1.8.7, jruby and rubinius, sadly …

…no longer supports Date and DateTime objects

features/built_in_matchers/operators.feature

@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ Feature: operator matchers
         And the output should contain:
         """
              Failure/Error: it { should_not =~ subject + 0.999 }
-               expected 2012-08-25 10:37:42 UTC not to be same time as 2012-08-25 10:37:42 UTC but it was
+               expected 2012-08-25 10:37:42 +0000 not to be same time as 2012-08-25 10:37:42 +0000 but it was
         """
         And the output should contain:
         """
              Failure/Error: it { should =~ subject + 1 }
-               expected 2012-08-25 10:37:42 UTC to be same time as 2012-08-25 10:37:43 UTC but it wasn't
+               expected 2012-08-25 10:37:42 +0000 to be same time as 2012-08-25 10:37:43 +0000 but it wasn't
         """

lib/rspec/matchers.rb

@@ -699,9 +699,7 @@ def match_time(time)
       BuiltIn::MatchTime.new(time)
     end
 
-    OperatorMatcher.register(Time, '=~', BuiltIn::MatchTime) if defined?(Time)
-    OperatorMatcher.register(Date, '=~', BuiltIn::MatchTime) if defined?(Date)
-    OperatorMatcher.register(DateTime, '=~', BuiltIn::MatchTime) if defined?(DateTime)
+    OperatorMatcher.register(Time, '=~', BuiltIn::MatchTime)
     OperatorMatcher.register(ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone, '=~', BuiltIn::MatchTime) if defined?(ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone)
   end
 end

lib/rspec/matchers/built_in/match_time.rb

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ module Matchers
     module BuiltIn
       class MatchTime < BaseMatcher
         def match(expected, actual)
-          (seconds_of(expected) - seconds_of(actual)).abs < 1
+          (expected - actual).abs < 1
         end
 
         def failure_message_for_should
-          "expected #{actual} to be same time as #{expected} but it wasn't"
+          "expected #{format_time(actual)} to be same time as #{format_time(expected)} but it wasn't"
         end
 
         def failure_message_for_should_not
-          "expected #{actual} not to be same time as #{expected} but it was"
+          "expected #{format_time(actual)} not to be same time as #{format_time(expected)} but it was"
         end
 
         def description
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ def description
 
         private
 
-        def seconds_of(time)
-          time = time.to_time if time.respond_to?(:to_time)
-          time.to_f
+        def format_time(time)
+          time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")
         end
       end
     end

spec/rspec/matchers/match_time_spec.rb

@@ -8,15 +8,7 @@
 
 describe "time.should =~ other_time" do
   let :time do
-    Time.now.to_date.to_time
-  end
-
-  let :date do
-    time.to_date
-  end
-
-  let :datetime do
-    time.to_datetime
+    Time.utc(2012, 8, 25)
   end
 
   it "passes if actual value differs from expected by less than 1 second" do
@@ -26,33 +18,21 @@
   it "fails if actual value is lower than expected by at least 1 second" do
     expect {
       time.should =~ time + 1
-    }.to fail_with("expected #{time} to be same time as #{time + 1} but it wasn't")
+    }.to fail_with("expected 2012-08-25 00:00:00 +0000 to be same time as 2012-08-25 00:00:01 +0000 but it wasn't")
   end
 
   it "fails if actual value is higher than expected by at least 1 second" do
     expect {
       time.should =~ time - 1
-    }.to fail_with("expected #{time} to be same time as #{time - 1} but it wasn't")
-  end
-
-  it "can be called on Date objects" do
-    date.should =~ time - 0.999
-  end
-
-  it "can be called on DateTime objects" do
-    datetime.should =~ time - 0.999
-  end
-
-  it "can be compared to Date objects" do
-    time.should =~ date
+    }.to fail_with("expected 2012-08-25 00:00:00 +0000 to be same time as 2012-08-24 23:59:59 +0000 but it wasn't")
   end
 end
 
 describe "time.should_not =~ other_time" do
   it "fails if actual value differs from expected by less than 1 second" do
-    time = Time.mktime(2012, 8, 25)
+    time = Time.utc(2012, 8, 25)
     expect {
       time.should_not =~ time + 0.999
-    }.to fail_with("expected #{time} not to be same time as #{time} but it was")
+    }.to fail_with("expected 2012-08-25 00:00:00 +0000 not to be same time as 2012-08-25 00:00:00 +0000 but it was")
   end
 end