Derive collection windows from form definitions

app/models/form.rb

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 class Form
   attr_reader :form_definition, :sections, :subsections, :pages, :questions,
-              :start_year, :end_year, :type, :name
+              :start_date, :end_date, :type, :name
 
   def initialize(form_path, name)
     raise "No form definition file exists for given year".freeze unless File.exist?(form_path)
 
     @form_definition = JSON.parse(File.open(form_path).read)
     @name = name
-    @start_year = form_definition["start_year"]
-    @end_year = form_definition["end_year"]
+    @start_date = form_definition["start_date"]
+    @end_date = form_definition["end_date"]
     @type = form_definition["form_type"]
     @sections = form_definition["sections"].map { |id, s| Form::Section.new(id, s, self) }
     @subsections = sections.flat_map(&:subsections)

app/models/validations/date_validations.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Validations::DateValidations
   def validate_startdate(record)
     return unless record.startdate && date_valid?("startdate", record)
 
-    if record.startdate < Time.zone.local(2021, 0o4, 0o1) || record.startdate > Time.zone.local(2023, 0o6, 30)
+    if record.startdate < first_collection_start_date || record.startdate > second_collection_end_date
       record.errors.add :startdate, I18n.t("validations.date.outside_collection_window")
     end
   end
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ module Validations::DateValidations
 
 private
 
+  def first_collection_start_date
+    @first_collection_start_date ||= FormHandler.instance.forms.map { |form| form.second.start_date }.compact.min
+  end
+
+  def second_collection_end_date
+    @second_collection_end_date ||= FormHandler.instance.forms.map { |form| form.second.end_date }.compact.max
+  end
+
   def date_valid?(question, record)
     if record[question].is_a?(ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone) && record[question].year.zero?
       record.errors.add question, I18n.t("validations.date.invalid_date")

config/forms/2021_2022.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "form_type": "lettings",
-  "start_year": 2021,
-  "end_year": 2022,
+  "start_date": "2021-04-01T00:00:00.000+01:00",
+  "end_date": "2022-07-01T00:00:00.000+01:00",
   "sections": {
     "setup": {
       "label": "Before you start",

spec/fixtures/forms/2021_2022.json

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
     "form_type": "lettings",
+    "start_date": "2021-04-01T00:00:00.000+01:00",
+    "end_date": "2022-07-01T00:00:00.000+01:00",
     "sections": {
       "household": {
         "label": "About the household",

spec/fixtures/forms/2022_2023.json

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
     "form_type": "lettings",
+    "start_date": "2022-04-01T00:00:00.000+01:00",
+    "end_date": "2023-07-01T00:00:00.000+01:00",
     "sections": {
       "setup": {
         "label": "Before you start",

spec/models/validations/date_validations_spec.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::DateValidations do
     end
 
     it "cannot be after the second collection window end date" do
-      record.startdate = Time.zone.local(2023, 7, 1)
+      record.startdate = Time.zone.local(2023, 7, 1, 6)
       date_validator.validate_startdate(record)
       expect(record.errors["startdate"]).to include(match I18n.t("validations.date.outside_collection_window"))
     end