lib/Test/Mockingbird/TimeTravel.pm

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    1: package Test::Mockingbird::TimeTravel;
    2: 
    3: use strict;
    4: use warnings;
    5: 
    6: use Carp       qw(croak);
    7: use Time::Local qw(timegm);
    8: use Exporter   'import';
    9: 
   10: our @EXPORT = qw(
   11: 	now
   12: 	freeze_time
   13: 	travel_to
   14: 	advance_time
   15: 	rewind_time
   16: 	restore_all
   17: 	with_frozen_time
   18: );
   19: 
   20: # Unit-to-seconds conversion table.  Singular and plural forms accepted;
   21: # matching is case-insensitive (normalised in _unit_to_seconds).
   22: my %SECONDS_PER_UNIT = (
   23: 	second  => 1,
   24: 	seconds => 1,
   25: 	minute  => 60,
   26: 	minutes => 60,
   27: 	hour    => 3600,
   28: 	hours   => 3600,
   29: 	day     => 86400,
   30: 	days    => 86400,
   31: );
   32: 
   33: # Internal state -- three package variables so that with_frozen_time()
   34: # can save/restore them with 'local'.
   35: our $ACTIVE        = 0;      # 1 when frozen, 0 when using real time
   36: our $CURRENT_EPOCH = undef;  # simulated time when frozen
   37: our $BASE_EPOCH    = undef;  # epoch at the moment of freeze()
   38: 
   39: =encoding utf-8
   40: 
   41: =head1 NAME
   42: 
   43: Test::Mockingbird::TimeTravel - Deterministic, controllable time for Perl tests
   44: 
   45: =head1 VERSION
   46: 
   47: Version 0.14
   48: 
   49: =cut
   50: 
   51: our $VERSION = '0.14';
   52: 
   53: =head1 SYNOPSIS
   54: 
   55:     use Test::Mockingbird::TimeTravel qw(
   56:         now freeze_time travel_to advance_time rewind_time
   57:         restore_all with_frozen_time
   58:     );
   59: 
   60:     freeze_time('2025-01-01T00:00:00Z');
   61:     is now(), 1735689600, 'time is frozen';
   62: 
   63:     advance_time(2 => 'minutes');
   64:     is now(), 1735689720, 'time advanced deterministically';
   65: 
   66:     with_frozen_time '2025-01-02T12:00:00Z' => sub {
   67:         is now(), 1735819200, 'block sees overridden time';
   68:     };
   69: 
   70:     is now(), 1735689720, 'outer time restored after block';
   71: 
   72:     restore_all();
   73:     isnt now(), 1735689720, 'real time restored';
   74: 
   75: =head1 DESCRIPTION
   76: 
   77: C<Test::Mockingbird::TimeTravel> provides a lightweight, deterministic
   78: time-control layer for Perl tests. It does B<not> monkey-patch
   79: C<CORE::time()>. Instead it provides a dedicated C<now()> function and a
   80: small set of declarative operations that manipulate an internal frozen clock.
   81: 
   82: =head1 LIMITATIONS
   83: 
   84: =over 4
   85: 
   86: =item C<now()> is not a drop-in for C<time()>
   87: 
   88: Production code must call C<now()> for time control to take effect. Code
   89: that calls C<CORE::time()>, C<POSIX::time()>, or C<Time::HiRes::time()>
   90: directly is not affected.
   91: 
   92: =item Fractional seconds not supported
   93: 
   94: All timestamps are integer epoch seconds. Sub-second resolution is not
   95: available.
   96: 
   97: =item Thread safety
   98: 
   99: C<$ACTIVE>, C<$CURRENT_EPOCH>, and C<$BASE_EPOCH> are package globals.
  100: Concurrent threads that manipulate time state will race.
  101: 
  102: =back
  103: 
  104: =head1 METHODS
  105: 
  106: =head2 now
  107: 
  108: Return the current time.
  109: 
  110: Returns C<$CURRENT_EPOCH> when frozen, C<CORE::time()> otherwise.
  111: 
  112: =head3 API SPECIFICATION
  113: 
  114: =head4 Input (Params::Validate::Strict schema)
  115: 
  116:     none
  117: 
  118: =head4 Output (Returns::Set schema)
  119: 
  120:     returns: Int  -- epoch seconds
  121: 
  122: =head3 FORMAL SPECIFICATION
  123: 
  124:     now ≙ ($ACTIVE = 1 ⇒ returns $CURRENT_EPOCH) ∧ ($ACTIVE = 0 ⇒ returns CORE::time())
  125: 
  126: =cut
  127: 
  128: sub now () {
  129: 	return $ACTIVE ? $CURRENT_EPOCH : CORE::time();

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

130: } 131: 132: =head2 freeze_time 133: 134: Freeze the clock at a specific timestamp. 135: 136: my $epoch = freeze_time('2025-01-01T00:00:00Z'); 137: 138: =head3 API SPECIFICATION 139: 140: =head4 Input (Params::Validate::Strict schema) 141: 142: $timestamp -- Str|Int (see _parse_timestamp for accepted formats) 143: 144: =head4 Output (Returns::Set schema) 145: 146: returns: Int -- frozen epoch 147: 148: =head3 MESSAGES 149: 150: "Invalid timestamp format for TimeTravel: ..." -- unrecognised format 151: 152: =head3 FORMAL SPECIFICATION 153: 154: freeze_time ≙ 155: ∀ ts : Str|Int • 156: post $ACTIVE' = 1 ∧ $CURRENT_EPOCH' = parse(ts) ∧ $BASE_EPOCH' = parse(ts) 157: 158: =cut 159: 160: sub freeze_time { 161: my ($ts) = @_; 162: $CURRENT_EPOCH = _parse_timestamp($ts); 163: $BASE_EPOCH = $CURRENT_EPOCH; 164: $ACTIVE = 1; 165: return $CURRENT_EPOCH;

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

166: } 167: 168: =head2 travel_to 169: 170: Move the frozen clock to a new timestamp without unfreezing. 171: 172: travel_to('2025-06-01T00:00:00Z'); 173: 174: Croaks if called while TimeTravel is inactive. 175: 176: =head3 API SPECIFICATION 177: 178: =head4 Input (Params::Validate::Strict schema) 179: 180: $timestamp -- Str|Int 181: 182: =head4 Output (Returns::Set schema) 183: 184: returns: Int -- new epoch 185: 186: =head3 MESSAGES 187: 188: "travel_to() called while TimeTravel is inactive" -- freeze_time() not called first 189: 190: =head3 FORMAL SPECIFICATION 191: 192: travel_to ≙ 193: pre $ACTIVE = 1 194: post $CURRENT_EPOCH' = parse(ts) ∧ $BASE_EPOCH unchanged ∧ $ACTIVE unchanged 195: 196: =cut 197: 198: sub travel_to { 199: croak 'travel_to() called while TimeTravel is inactive' unless $ACTIVE; 200: $CURRENT_EPOCH = _parse_timestamp($_[0]); 201: return $CURRENT_EPOCH;

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

202: } 203: 204: =head2 advance_time 205: 206: Advance the frozen clock by a duration. 207: 208: advance_time(30); # 30 seconds 209: advance_time(2 => 'minutes'); # 2 minutes 210: 211: Croaks if called while TimeTravel is inactive. 212: 213: =head3 API SPECIFICATION 214: 215: =head4 Input (Params::Validate::Strict schema) 216: 217: $amount -- Int 218: $unit -- Str, optional (second|minute|hour|day, plural forms ok) 219: 220: =head4 Output (Returns::Set schema) 221: 222: returns: Int -- new epoch 223: 224: =head3 MESSAGES 225: 226: "advance_time() called while TimeTravel is inactive" -- not frozen 227: "Unknown time unit '...'" -- unrecognised unit string 228: 229: =head3 FORMAL SPECIFICATION 230: 231: advance_time ≙ 232: pre $ACTIVE = 1 233: post $CURRENT_EPOCH' = $CURRENT_EPOCH + to_seconds(amount, unit) 234: 235: =cut 236: 237: sub advance_time { 238: croak 'advance_time() called while TimeTravel is inactive' unless $ACTIVE; 239: my ($amount, $unit) = @_; 240: $CURRENT_EPOCH += _unit_to_seconds($amount, $unit); 241: return $CURRENT_EPOCH;

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

242: } 243: 244: =head2 rewind_time 245: 246: Rewind the frozen clock by a duration. 247: 248: rewind_time(30); # 30 seconds 249: rewind_time(1 => 'hour'); # 1 hour 250: 251: Croaks if called while TimeTravel is inactive. 252: 253: =head3 API SPECIFICATION 254: 255: =head4 Input (Params::Validate::Strict schema) 256: 257: $amount -- Int 258: $unit -- Str, optional 259: 260: =head4 Output (Returns::Set schema) 261: 262: returns: Int -- new epoch 263: 264: =head3 MESSAGES 265: 266: "rewind_time() called while TimeTravel is inactive" -- not frozen 267: 268: =head3 FORMAL SPECIFICATION 269: 270: rewind_time ≙ 271: pre $ACTIVE = 1 272: post $CURRENT_EPOCH' = $CURRENT_EPOCH - to_seconds(amount, unit) 273: 274: =cut 275: 276: sub rewind_time { 277: croak 'rewind_time() called while TimeTravel is inactive' unless $ACTIVE; 278: my ($amount, $unit) = @_; 279: $CURRENT_EPOCH -= _unit_to_seconds($amount, $unit); 280: return $CURRENT_EPOCH;

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

281: } 282: 283: =head2 restore_all 284: 285: Return to real time and clear all frozen state. 286: 287: restore_all(); 288: 289: Idempotent. Called automatically by L<Test::Mockingbird::DeepMock>. 290: 291: =head3 API SPECIFICATION 292: 293: =head4 Input (Params::Validate::Strict schema) 294: 295: none 296: 297: =head4 Output (Returns::Set schema) 298: 299: returns: undef 300: 301: =head3 FORMAL SPECIFICATION 302: 303: restore_all ≙ 304: post $ACTIVE' = 0 ∧ $CURRENT_EPOCH' = undef ∧ $BASE_EPOCH' = undef 305: 306: =cut 307: 308: sub restore_all { 309: $ACTIVE = 0; 310: $CURRENT_EPOCH = undef; 311: $BASE_EPOCH = undef; 312: return; 313: } 314: 315: =head2 with_frozen_time 316: 317: Temporarily override time inside a code block, restoring previous state 318: afterward even if the block throws. 319: 320: with_frozen_time '2025-01-02T12:00:00Z' => sub { 321: is now(), 1735819200, 'block sees overridden time'; 322: }; 323: 324: Fully nestable. 325: 326: =head3 API SPECIFICATION 327: 328: =head4 Input (Params::Validate::Strict schema) 329: 330: $timestamp -- Str|Int 331: $code -- CodeRef 332: 333: =head4 Output (Returns::Set schema) 334: 335: returns: Any -- whatever $code returns 336: 337: =head3 MESSAGES 338: 339: "with_frozen_time() requires a coderef" -- second arg not a CodeRef 340: "with_frozen_time() requires a timestamp" -- first arg undefined 341: 342: =head3 FORMAL SPECIFICATION 343: 344: with_frozen_time ≙ 345: ∀ ts : Str|Int; code : CodeRef • 346: pre defined(ts) ∧ ref(code) = 'CODE' 347: post (save prev_state; freeze(ts); run code; restore prev_state) 348: ∧ exceptions rethrown 349: 350: =cut 351: 352: sub with_frozen_time { 353: my ($ts, $code) = @_; 354: 355: croak 'with_frozen_time() requires a coderef' 356: unless ref($code) eq 'CODE'; 357: 358: croak 'with_frozen_time() requires a timestamp' 359: unless defined $ts; 360: 361: # Save state so nested calls restore correctly 362: my ($prev_active, $prev_epoch, $prev_base) = 363: ($ACTIVE, $CURRENT_EPOCH, $BASE_EPOCH); 364: 365: $CURRENT_EPOCH = _parse_timestamp($ts); 366: $BASE_EPOCH = $CURRENT_EPOCH; 367: $ACTIVE = 1; 368: 369: my (@ret, $err); 370: { 371: local $@; 372: @ret = eval { $code->() }; 373: $err = $@; 374: } 375: 376: $ACTIVE = $prev_active; 377: $CURRENT_EPOCH = $prev_epoch; 378: $BASE_EPOCH = $prev_base; 379: 380: # Re-throw as croak to stay consistent with the rest of this module 381: croak $err if $err; 382: 383: return wantarray ? @ret : $ret[0];

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

384: } 385: 386: # _parse_timestamp -- Private 387: # 388: # Purpose: Convert a timestamp string to an integer epoch value. 389: # Supports: raw epoch integer, ISO8601 UTC (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ), 390: # space-separated (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS), date-only (YYYY-MM-DD). 391: # Entry: $_[0] -- Str, non-empty timestamp 392: # Exit: Int, epoch seconds 393: # Side effects: none 394: sub _parse_timestamp { ●395 → 406 → 411 395: my $ts = $_[0]; 396: 397: croak 'Invalid timestamp format for TimeTravel: (undef)' 398: unless defined $ts && length $ts; 399: 400: $ts =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # trim whitespace 401: 402: # Raw epoch integer -- return unchanged 403: return $ts if $ts =~ /^\d+$/;

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

404: 405: # ISO8601 UTC: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ 406: if ($ts =~ /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})Z$/) {

Mutants (Total: 1, Killed: 1, Survived: 0)

407: return timegm($6, $5, $4, $3, $2 - 1, $1);

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

408: } 409: 410: # Space-separated: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ●411 → 411 → 416 411: if ($ts =~ /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})\s+(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})$/) {

Mutants (Total: 1, Killed: 1, Survived: 0)

412: return timegm($6, $5, $4, $3, $2 - 1, $1);

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

413: } 414: 415: # Date-only: YYYY-MM-DD interpreted as midnight UTC ●416 → 416 → 420 416: if ($ts =~ /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/) {

Mutants (Total: 1, Killed: 1, Survived: 0)

417: return timegm(0, 0, 0, $3, $2 - 1, $1);

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

418: } 419: 420: croak "Invalid timestamp format for TimeTravel: $ts"; 421: } 422: 423: # Backwards-compatible alias used in some older tests. 424: sub _parse_datetime { _parse_timestamp(@_) } 425: 426: # _unit_to_seconds -- Private 427: # 428: # Purpose: Convert (amount, unit) into a number of seconds. 429: # Unit is optional (raw seconds assumed if absent). 430: # Entry: $amount -- Int; $unit -- Str or undef 431: # Exit: Int, seconds 432: # Side effects: none 433: sub _unit_to_seconds { 434: my ($amount, $unit) = @_; 435: 436: return $amount unless defined $unit;

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

437: 438: my $key = lc $unit; 439: croak "Unknown time unit '$unit'" 440: unless exists $SECONDS_PER_UNIT{$key}; 441: 442: return $amount * $SECONDS_PER_UNIT{$key};

Mutants (Total: 2, Killed: 2, Survived: 0)

443: } 444: 445: =head1 SUPPORT 446: 447: Please report bugs at L<https://github.com/nigelhorne/Test-Mockingbird/issues>. 448: 449: =head1 AUTHOR 450: 451: Nigel Horne, C<< <njh at nigelhorne.com> >> 452: 453: =head1 SEE ALSO 454: 455: =over 4 456: 457: =item * L<Test::Mockingbird> 458: 459: =item * L<Test::Mockingbird::DeepMock> 460: 461: =back 462: 463: =head1 REPOSITORY 464: 465: L<https://github.com/nigelhorne/Test-Mockingbird> 466: 467: =head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT 468: 469: Copyright 2026 Nigel Horne. 470: 471: Usage is subject to GPL2 licence terms. 472: 473: =cut 474: 475: 1;