Keep zero
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One of my favorites (of many) from an app my team maintains (but didn't write):
RightNow = DateAdd("h", Convert.ToDouble(randomObject.GetAppSetting("TimeOffset")), Now())
And elsewhere....
TimeSpan span = new TimeSpan(Convert.ToInt64(randomObject.GetAppSetting("TimeOffset")));
RightNow = DateTime.Now.Add(span);
AYearFromNow = RightNow.AddYears(1);
And TimeOffset in the config file?
<!-- Keep zero-->
<add key="TimeOffset" value="0"/>
(In addition to all the date WTFs, GetAppSetting of course is an instance method found in multiple business "objects"--and I use the word object very losely--across the application). Some variable names changed but everything else left exactly as is.
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try{
RightNow = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1); // It's your tomorrow.
Wait("for what");
} catch ThatMagicMoment {
ThatMagicMoment && DoItRight();
}
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Perhaps it was there for unit testing - if you want to test weird cases like leap-days and stuff, you don't want to have to wait four years or fiddle with the system clock!
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very losely
