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Testable time.Now in GoLang
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now.go
package t
import (
"time"
)
type NowFunc func() time.Time
var Now = func() time.Time { return time.Now() }
func NowForce(unix int) {
Now = func() time.Time { return time.Unix(int64(unix), 0) }
}
// use t.Now() throughout your code
// and force a specific timestamp via t.NowForce(1233) in tests
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Is this a typo? NowFunc / NowForce

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