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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-48670

Behat tests don't work with timezone < GMT 0

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    • MOODLE_27_STABLE, MOODLE_28_STABLE
    • MOODLE_27_STABLE, MOODLE_28_STABLE
    • wip-mdl-48670
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      1. Change system timezone to America/Anchorage
      2. Restart apache
      3. Run behat with tag @format
      4. Run behat for the following features:
        1. /course/tests/behat/course_controls.feature
        2. /course/tests/behat/paged_course_navigation.feature
        3. /course/format/weeks/tests/behat/edit_delete_sections.feature

      Ensure above test fail without patch and pass with patch.

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      Change system timezone to America/Anchorage Restart apache Run behat with tag @format Run behat for the following features: /course/tests/behat/course_controls.feature /course/tests/behat/paged_course_navigation.feature /course/format/weeks/tests/behat/edit_delete_sections.feature Ensure above test fail without patch and pass with patch.

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      In /course/tests/behat/course_controls.feature and /course/tests/behat/paged_course_navigation.feature, the scenario expects a "1 January - 7 January" link, being the 1st week of the course.
      But the course is created with a startdate value of 0 (=> 31/12/1969), so the 1st week is "31 December - 6 January", so the scenarios don't work.
      And that, because the timezone in our php.ini was set to "America/New_York". Setting it to "Europe/London" solved the problem.

      Maybe a specific function should be added in the Behat Data Generator, to create courses with correct start dates?

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          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-49182 Minor changes to the strings used when deleting a section

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          has a non-specific relationship to

          New Feature - A new Moodle feature which has yet to be developed. MDL-10405 Delete sections

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed
          has been marked as being related by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-51553 Weeks course format doesn't work with timezone

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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              rajeshtaneja Rajesh Taneja
              ligned David Ligne
              David Monllaó David Monllaó
              Andrew Lyons Andrew Lyons
              Mark Nelson Mark Nelson
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                9/Mar/15