ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers#to_travel does not support today

[abepetrillo]

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new rails 5.0.0 app
2. bundle exec rails console
3. Create a test which implements the helper:

it "Changes current time to given time" do
  travel_to(Date.parse("monday")) do
    expect(Date.today).to eql Date.parse('monday') #=> false
  end
end

Expected behavior

the today method should return the date we just travelled to

Actual behavior

today gives the real time, and ignores the current time that travel_to is using.

System configuration

Rails version: 5.0.0

Ruby version: 2.3.1

[DeOldSax]

I tried to reproduce your case.

begin
  require 'bundler/inline'
rescue LoadError => e
  $stderr.puts 'Bundler version 1.10 or later is required. Please update your Bundler'
  raise e
end

gemfile(true) do
  source 'https://rubygems.org'
  gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
  gem 'byebug'
  gem 'rspec-rails'
end

require 'active_support/testing/time_helpers'
require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
require 'minitest/autorun'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers
end

RSpec.describe "Date" do
  it "Changes current time to given time" do
    travel_to(Date.parse("monday")) do
      expect(Date.today).to eql Date.parse('monday') #=> false
    end
  end
end

Specs are passing and while debbuging Date.today also returns monday.

[rafaelfranca]

Yes, same here. It may be something in your application.

[abepetrillo]

Let me try reproducing it on a new app. Thanks for your time guys!

[bvicenzo]

For me, this returns the current friday instead of the same day 🤔

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

begin
  require 'bundler/inline'
rescue LoadError => e
  $stderr.puts 'Bundler version 1.10 or later is required. Please update your Bundler'
  raise e
end

gemfile(true) do
  source 'https://rubygems.org'
  gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
  gem 'byebug'
  gem 'rspec-rails'
end

require 'active_support/testing/time_helpers'
require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
require 'minitest/autorun'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers
end

RSpec.describe "Date" do
  it "Changes current time to given time" do
    travel_to('2021-02-12') do
      expect(Date.parse('Friday')).to eq Date.new(2021, 2, 12) #=> false
    end
  end
end