Time Bomb Data

Definition:

• when testing with dates or times, and the choice of test data leads either to a test that starts to fail in the future, because the current date has changed to a point where the test data is wrong, or where the full range of relevant date variations is not covered, leading to a bug in the production code on certain days

References:

Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• Test Smells - The Coding Craftsman