Time bombing your own specs is a bad time

spec/factories/case_log.rb

@@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ FactoryBot.define do
       ppostc1 { "w3" }
       ppostc2 { "w3" }
       property_relet { 0 }
-      mrcdate { Time.zone.now }
-      mrcday { 5 }
-      mrcmonth { 5 }
-      mrcyear { 2020 }
+      mrcdate { Time.utc(2020, 0o5, 0o5, 10, 36, 49) }
+      mrcday { mrcdate.day }
+      mrcmonth { mrcdate.month }
+      mrcyear { mrcdate.year }
       incref { 0 }
       sale_completion_date { nil }
-      startdate { Time.zone.now }
-      day { Time.zone.now.day }
-      month { Time.zone.now.month }
-      year { 2021 }
+      startdate { Time.utc(2022, 0o2, 0o2, 10, 36, 49) }
+      day { startdate.day }
+      month { startdate.month }
+      year { startdate.year }
       armedforces { 0 }
       builtype { 1 }
       unitletas { 2 }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ FactoryBot.define do
       la_known { 1 }
       declaration { 1 }
     end
-    created_at { Time.zone.now }
-    updated_at { Time.zone.now }
+    created_at { Time.utc(2022, 0o2, 8, 16, 52, 15) }
+    updated_at { Time.utc(2022, 0o2, 8, 16, 52, 15) }
   end
 end

spec/fixtures/exports/case_logs.xml

@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@
     <ppostc1>SE2</ppostc1>
     <ppostc2>6RT</ppostc2>
     <property_relet>0</property_relet>
-    <mrcdate>2022-02-08 16:52:15 UTC</mrcdate>
-    <mrcday>8</mrcday>
-    <mrcmonth>2</mrcmonth>
-    <mrcyear>2022</mrcyear>
+    <mrcdate>2020-05-05 10:36:49 UTC</mrcdate>
+    <mrcday>5</mrcday>
+    <mrcmonth>5</mrcmonth>
+    <mrcyear>2020</mrcyear>
     <other_hhmemb>1</other_hhmemb>
     <incref>0</incref>
     <sale_completion_date/>
-    <startdate>2022-02-08 16:52:15 UTC</startdate>
+    <startdate>2022-02-02 10:36:49 UTC</startdate>
     <armedforces>0</armedforces>
     <first_time_property_let_as_social_housing/>
     <unitletas>2</unitletas>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <postcode_known>1</postcode_known>
     <la_known>1</la_known>
     <is_la_inferred>false</is_la_inferred>
-    <day>8</day>
+    <day>2</day>
     <month>2</month>
     <year>2022</year>
     <totchild>0</totchild>

spec/models/form/subsection_spec.rb

@@ -85,21 +85,21 @@ RSpec.describe Form::Subsection, type: :model do
   end
 
   context "with a completed case log" do
-    let(:completed_case_log) { FactoryBot.build(:case_log, :completed) }
+    let(:case_log) { FactoryBot.build(:case_log, :completed) }
 
     it "has a status" do
-      expect(subsection.status(completed_case_log)).to eq(:completed)
+      expect(subsection.status(case_log)).to eq(:completed)
     end
 
     it "has a status when optional fields are not filled" do
       case_log.update!({ propcode: nil })
       case_log.reload
-      expect(subsection.status(completed_case_log)).to eq(:completed)
+      expect(subsection.status(case_log)).to eq(:completed)
     end
 
     it "has status helpers" do
-      expect(subsection.is_incomplete?(completed_case_log)).to be(false)
-      expect(subsection.is_started?(completed_case_log)).to be(true)
+      expect(subsection.is_incomplete?(case_log)).to be(false)
+      expect(subsection.is_started?(case_log)).to be(true)
     end
   end
 end

spec/services/exports/case_log_export_service_spec.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ RSpec.describe Exports::CaseLogExportService do
   let(:export_filepath) { "spec/fixtures/exports/case_logs.xml" }
   let(:export_file) { File.open(export_filepath, "r:UTF-8") }
   let(:expected_filename) { "core_2022_02_08/dat_core_2022_02_08_0001.xml" }
-  let!(:case_log) { FactoryBot.create(:case_log, :completed) }
 
   def replace_entity_ids(export_template)
     export_template.sub!(/\{id\}/, case_log["id"].to_s)
@@ -16,8 +15,10 @@ RSpec.describe Exports::CaseLogExportService do
   context "when exporting case logs" do
     subject(:export_service) { described_class.new(storage_service) }
 
+    let(:case_log) { FactoryBot.create(:case_log, :completed) }
+
     before do
-      Timecop.freeze(Time.new(2022, 2, 8, 16, 52, 15, "+00:00"))
+      Timecop.freeze(case_log.updated_at)
     end
 
     it "generate an XML export file with the expected filename" do