The built-in time package provides a function to check whether or not a given Time object represents Time's zero-value: http://golang.org/pkg/time/#Time.IsZero. The current logic in NewFakeClock returns a time that fulfills IsZero. Users of this library that care about the IsZero distinction will get different results when using the fake clock vs the real clock. Simply using a standard time in the past after time zero gets us a static point in time we can use for comparison.
jonboulle
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9 years ago
The built-in time package provides a function to check whether or not a given Time object represents Time's zero-value: http://golang.org/pkg/time/#Time.IsZero. The current logic in NewFakeClock returns a time that fulfills IsZero. Users of this library that care about the IsZero distinction will get different results when using the fake clock vs the real clock. Simply using a standard time in the past after time zero gets us a static point in time we can use for comparison.