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diff --git a/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md b/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md index 448d9fd01c4..c7e58f58c61 100644 --- a/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md +++ b/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md @@ -454,6 +454,19 @@ complexity of RSpec expectations.They should be placed under a certain type of specs only (e.g. features, requests etc.) but shouldn't be if they apply to multiple type of specs. +#### `be_like_time` + +Time returned from a database can differ in precision from time objects +in Ruby, so we need flexible tolerances when comparing in specs. We can +use `be_like_time` to compare that times are within one second of each +other. + +Example: + +```ruby +expect(metrics.merged_at).to be_like_time(time) +``` + #### `have_gitlab_http_status` Prefer `have_gitlab_http_status` over `have_http_status` because the former |