SimpleDateTimeProvider 2022.11.13.46

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dotnet add package SimpleDateTimeProvider --version 2022.11.13.46

NuGet\Install-Package SimpleDateTimeProvider -Version 2022.11.13.46

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<PackageReference Include="SimpleDateTimeProvider" Version="2022.11.13.46" />

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<PackageVersion Include="SimpleDateTimeProvider" Version="2022.11.13.46" />
                    

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<PackageReference Include="SimpleDateTimeProvider" />
                    

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paket add SimpleDateTimeProvider --version 2022.11.13.46

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#r "nuget: SimpleDateTimeProvider, 2022.11.13.46"

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#:package SimpleDateTimeProvider@2022.11.13.46

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#addin nuget:?package=SimpleDateTimeProvider&version=2022.11.13.46
                    

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#tool nuget:?package=SimpleDateTimeProvider&version=2022.11.13.46
                    

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SimpleDateTimeProvider

A simple abstraction over C#'s DateTime.Now, DateTime.Today and DateTime.UtcNow so you can control these values in your tests. No longer do you have to attempt shennanigans in your tests to handle when you need to use those values in your code.

Features

SystemDateTimeProvider - Abstraction over the top of System.DateTime.
MockDateTimeProvider - Provider used to mock DateTime values in test projects.

Setup

It's easy to get under way using the providers, simply inject the system provider under the IDateTimeProvider interface in your functional code. If you are using another library you'll know the syntax but follow the same formula.

_ = services.AddSingleton<IDateTimeProvider, SystemDateTimeProvider>();

Create your class and use that registered SystemDateTimeProvider that we just created via the IDateTimeProvider interface. Then use the provider to set the DateTime values in your class.

public class Service
{
    private readonly IDateTimeProvider dateTimeProvider;

    public Service(IDateTimeProvider dateTimeProvider)
    {
        this.dateTimeProvider = dateTimeProvider;
    }

    public string DateTimeNow()
    {
        return $"DateTime.Now is {this.dateTimeProvider.Now}";
    }
}

Testing

The whole purpose of this was to allow for testable code. So now that you have your class above, you can inject the MockDateTimeProvider in its place to control the DateTime values in your tests. It's as easy as the sample below.

[Fact]
public void Today_ShouldReturn_MockedToday()
{
    // Arrange
    var provider = new MockDateTimeProvider();
    var service = new Service(provider);
    var today = DateTime.Today;

    provider.Today = today;

    // Act
    var result = service.DateTimeToday();

    // Assert
    _ = result.ShouldBeOfType<string>();
    result.ShouldBe($"DateTime.Today is {today}");
}

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