Run tests in UTC, instead of the local time zone

config/environments/test.rb

@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
 # The :test delivery method accumulates sent emails in the
 # ActionMailer::Base.deliveries array.
 config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test
+
+config.time_zone = 'UTC'

spec/controllers/proposals_controller_spec.rb

@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ def assert_delete(login=nil, &block)
       calendar = Vpim::Icalendar.decode(response.body).first
       component = calendar.find{|t| t.summary == item.title}
       component.should_not be_nil
-      component.dtstart.should      == item.start_time
-      component.dtend.should        == item.end_time
+      component.dtstart.utc.should  == item.start_time.utc
+      component.dtend.utc.should    == item.end_time.utc
       component.summary.should      == item.title
       component.description.should  == (item.respond_to?(:users) ?
         "#{item.users.map(&:fullname).join(', ')}: #{item.excerpt}" :

spec/fixtures/proposals.yml

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ postgresql_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: cooking
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 10:00am').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 10:00am UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "I know PostgreSQL stuff." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "PostgreSQL Session"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ drizzle_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: cooking
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 10:00am').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 10:00am UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "I know Drizzle stuff." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "Drizzle Session"
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mysql_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: cooking
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 11:00am').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 11:00am UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "I know MySQL stuff." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "MySQL Session"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ sqlite_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: cooking
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 11:00am').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 11:00am UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   audience_level: a
   title: "SQLite Session"
   speaking_experience: "I know SQLite stuff." 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ rakudo_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: cooking
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 12:00pm').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 12:00pm UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "I AM A PONY!!1!" 
   audience_level: a
   title: "Rakudo Session"
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ cloud_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: hacks
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-18 12:00pm').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-18 12:00pm UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "I know everything there is about stratocumulus clouds." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "The Cloud is Falling!"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ business_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: hacks
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-18 12:00pm').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-18 12:00pm UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "I own you." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "Give us money."
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ sql_server_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: business
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 10:00am').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 10:00am UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "Microsoft owns me." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "SQL Server Session"
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ couchdb_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: hacks
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 10:30am').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 10:30am UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "I write all my code using curl." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "CouchDB Session"
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ bigtable_session:
   event_id: 2009
   track: hacks
   submitted_at: <%= Time.now.to_s(:db) %>
-  start_time: <%= Time.zone.parse('2009-06-17 11:00am').to_s(:db) %>
+  start_time: <%= Time.parse('2009-06-17 11:00am UTC').to_s(:db) %>
   speaking_experience: "My table is bigger than yours." 
   audience_level: a
   title: "BigTable Session"

spec/helpers/time_range_helper_spec.rb

@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
 
   describe "with objects" do
     it "should format from objects that respond to just start_time" do
-      event = Proposal.new(:start_time => Time.parse('2008-04-01 13:30'))
+      event = Proposal.new(:start_time => Time.parse('2008-04-01 13:30 UTC'))
       TimeRange.new(event, :format => :text).to_s.should == "Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 1:30pm"
     end
 
     it "should format from objects that respond to both start_time and end_time" do
-      event = Proposal.new(:start_time => Time.parse('2008-04-01 13:30'),
+      event = Proposal.new(:start_time => Time.parse('2008-04-01 13:30 UTC'),
                         :session_type => stub_model(SessionType,:duration => 45))
       TimeRange.new(event, :format => :text).to_s.should == "Tuesday, April 1, 2008 from 1:30 - 2:15pm"
     end

spec/models/event_spec.rb

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
 
   describe "#dates" do
     it "should return range between start_date and end_date" do
-      start_date = Date.today + 1.week
-      end_date   = Date.today + 2.weeks
+      start_date = Time.now.utc.to_date + 1.week
+      end_date   = Time.now.utc.to_date + 2.weeks
       event = Event.new(:start_date => start_date, :end_date => end_date)
 
       event.dates.should == (start_date..end_date).to_a

spec/models/proposal_spec.rb

@@ -286,9 +286,18 @@
   describe "to_icalendar" do
     def assert_calendar_match(item, component, url_helper=nil)
       component.should_not be_nil
-      component.dtstart.to_i.should == item.start_time.to_i
+
+      # This is hacky, but necessary because vPim doesn't actually parse
+      # time zone information out of iCalendar files.
+      #
+      # The files are output with the correct time zone, but seem to be
+      # parsed in the computer's local time, regardless of the Rails
+      # time zone setting.
+      dtstart = Time.parse(component.dtstart.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC'))
+      dtstart.to_i.should == item.start_time.to_i
       if item.duration
-        component.dtend.to_i.should == item.end_time.to_i
+        dtend = Time.parse(component.dtend.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC'))
+        dtend.to_i.should == item.end_time.to_i
       else
         component.dtend.should be_nil
       end