Haki Benita • 5/31/2020

Stop Using datetime.now!

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This technical article discusses a common Python testing problem: how to properly test functions that rely on the current date/time (like datetime.now). It critiques naive testing approaches, explains why mocking built-in datetime is difficult, and presents dependency injection as a clean solution for controlling time in unit tests, making them deterministic and reliable.

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