Or how to save yourself from the date – the DateTime.Now() call specifically.
I was privy to a production problem where a process that was calling DateTime.Now() rolled past midnight and everything went to pot.
These days, I try to abstract myself away from all that fun with an interface.
public interface ITimeActions { DateTime GetTodaysDate(); } The concrete implementation can be the actual call:public class TimeActions : ITimeActions { public DateTime GetTodaysDate() { return DateTime.Now; } }
Now, whenever I need the current date, I implement the interface instead of the concrete and I can test my code or save myself if I need to run for a different day.
Happy Coding,
-J
Jim Sowers 