Code Smell 39 - new Date()
26 December, 2022
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70s first tutorial: getCurrentDate(). Piece of Cake. We are in the 20s Time is global no more
Problems
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Coupling
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Fragile Tests
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Timezone Problems
Solutions
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Use Dependency injection to decouple time source.
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Detection
We should forbid global functions policies. We need to couple to accidental and pluggable time sources.
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Globals
Conclusion
Date.today() , Time.now(), and other global system calls are coupling smell.Since tests must be in full environmental control. We should easily set up time, moved it back and forth etc.
Date and Time classes should only create immutable instances. It is not their responsibility to give the actual time. This violates Single Responsibility Principle.
The passage of time is always scorned by programmers. This makes objects mutable and designs poor and coupled.
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