tightened up specs for attribute methods

lib/validates_timeliness/validations.rb

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
           # checks if date is valid which enforces number of days in a month unlike Time
           Date.new(*time_array[0..2])
           
-          # checks if time is valid and return object
+          # checks if time part is valid and returns object
           Time.mktime(*time_array)
         rescue
           nil

spec/attribute_methods_spec.rb

@@ -8,30 +8,33 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods do
     end
 
     it "should return string value for attribute_before_type_cast when written as string" do
-      @person.birth_date_and_time = "1980-12-25 01:02:03"
-      @person.birth_date_and_time_before_type_cast.should == "1980-12-25 01:02:03"
+      time_string = "2000-06-01 01:02:03"
+      @person.birth_date_and_time = time_string
+      @person.birth_date_and_time_before_type_cast.should == time_string
     end
     
     it "should return Time object for attribute_before_type_cast when written as Time" do
-      @person.birth_date_and_time = Time.mktime(1980, 12, 25, 1, 2, 3)
+      @person.birth_date_and_time = Time.mktime(2000, 06, 01, 1, 2, 3)
       @person.birth_date_and_time_before_type_cast.should be_kind_of(Time)
     end
 
     it "should return Time object using attribute read method when written with string" do
-      @person.birth_date_and_time = "1980-12-25 01:02:03"
+      @person.birth_date_and_time = "2000-06-01 01:02:03"
       @person.birth_date_and_time.should be_kind_of(Time)
     end    
    
     unless Rails::VERSION::STRING <= '2.0.2'
       it "should return stored time string as Time with correct timezone" do
-        Time.zone = TimeZone['Sydney'] # no I'm not from Sydney but there is no Melbourne timezone!
-        @person.birth_date_and_time = "1980-12-25 01:02:03"
-        @person.birth_date_and_time.zone == Time.zone
+        Time.zone = TimeZone['Melbourne']
+        time_string = "2000-06-01 01:02:03"
+        @person.birth_date_and_time = time_string
+        @person.birth_date_and_time.utc_offset.should == 10.hours
+        @person.birth_date_and_time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').should == time_string
       end
     end
     
     it "should return nil when time is invalid" do
-      @person.birth_date_and_time = "1980-02-30 01:02:03"
+      @person.birth_date_and_time = "2000-02-30 01:02:03"
       @person.birth_date_and_time.should be_nil
     end