Mock current time in issue view tests

cristiand391 · Jan 25, 2021 · 8ef5cfe · 8ef5cfe
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diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/view/view.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/view/view.go
@@ -139,10 +139,14 @@ func printRawIssuePreview(out io.Writer, issue *api.Issue) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var now = func() time.Time {
+	return time.Now()
+}
+
 func printHumanIssuePreview(opts *ViewOptions, issue *api.Issue) error {
 	out := opts.IO.Out
-	now := time.Now()
-	ago := now.Sub(issue.CreatedAt)
+	currentTime := now()
+	ago := currentTime.Sub(issue.CreatedAt)
 	cs := opts.IO.ColorScheme()
 
 	// Header (Title and State)

diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/view/view_test.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/view/view_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os/exec"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/config"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
@@ -251,6 +252,8 @@ func TestIssueView_tty_Preview(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for name, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			parsed, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2021-01-23T04:06:55Z")
+			now = func() time.Time { return parsed }
 			http := &httpmock.Registry{}
 			defer http.Verify(t)