How to simulate the system time of the server when testing (Laravel + phpunit)?

Question

PHPUnit

I have a piece of the program that works differently depending on the time and date,

how can this be (and should) be written in Laravel tests?

how to simulate different date and time?

thank.

Answer 1

In principle, if you use Carbon everywhere, it also has the ability to set a fake date.
https://carbon.nesbot.com/docs/#api-testing