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Fixes #3423

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Code Review: Date and Time Assertions

Todo List:

  • Read TUnit development guidelines (CLAUDE.md)
  • Review new assertion extension methods
  • Analyze test coverage and quality
  • Check public API changes
  • Provide comprehensive feedback on code quality, bugs, performance, security, and test coverage

📋 Review Summary

This PR adds valuable date and time assertion methods to improve readability when testing temporal values. The implementation follows TUnit's patterns well and includes comprehensive test coverage.

Strengths

Code Quality

  • Consistent API Design: The new methods (IsAfter, IsBefore, IsAfterOrEqualTo, IsBeforeOrEqualTo) follow TUnit's existing patterns and naming conventions
  • Proper Overload Resolution: Uses [OverloadResolutionPriority(2)] correctly for specialized DateTime/DateTimeOffset overloads at AssertionExtensions.cs:61 and AssertionExtensions.cs:182
  • CallerArgumentExpression: Properly implemented for better error messages at AssertionExtensions.cs:65
  • Documentation: Well-documented with XML comments explaining the purpose of each method

Test Coverage

  • Comprehensive Coverage: Both DateTimeAssertionTests.cs and DateTimeOffsetAssertionTests.cs provide excellent coverage
  • Edge Cases: Tests include boundary conditions like same-time comparisons that should fail (DateTimeAssertionTests.cs:223-228)
  • Defensive Testing: DateTimeOffset tests appropriately handle timezone scenarios (DateTimeOffsetAssertionTests.cs:51-60)
  • Realistic Test Data: Uses appropriate test dates including leap years and century edge cases

Architecture

  • Proper Snapshots: Public API snapshot files correctly updated, following TUnit's mandatory snapshot testing rules
  • Type Safety: Returns proper assertion types (GreaterThanAssertion<DateTime>, LessThanAssertion<DateTime>, etc.)

🔍 Areas for Consideration

Performance

  • ✅ Good: Methods are lightweight aliases that delegate to existing comparison logic
  • ✅ Good: No performance concerns - these are simple wrapper methods

Security

  • ✅ Good: No security implications - pure value comparison methods
  • ✅ Good: No user input validation concerns

Potential Edge Cases

  1. DateTime.Kind Handling: Consider if different DateTimeKind values in comparisons might cause confusion (though this follows standard .NET comparison behavior)
  2. Time Zone Awareness: DateTimeOffset comparisons are timezone-aware by design, which is correct

Minor Code Quality Notes

  1. Duplicate Import (lines 1-2): Both test files have duplicate using TUnit.Assertions.Extensions; statements
    // DateTimeAssertionTests.cs:1-2 and DateTimeOffsetAssertionTests.cs:1-2
    using TUnit.Assertions.Extensions;
    using TUnit.Assertions.Extensions; // Duplicate

🎯 Recommendations

High Priority

  1. Remove Duplicate Imports: Clean up the duplicate using statements in both test files

Low Priority

  1. Consider Additional Methods: Future enhancements could include:
    • IsWithin(TimeSpan) for proximity assertions
    • IsSameDay(), IsSameMonth(), IsSameYear() for partial comparisons

🏆 TUnit Guidelines Compliance

Excellent adherence to TUnit guidelines:

  • Proper snapshot testing (all API changes captured)
  • Modern C# syntax used consistently
  • Performance-conscious implementation
  • Follows existing assertion patterns
  • No dual-mode concerns (assertion extensions work the same in both modes)

💭 Overall Assessment

This is a high-quality addition that significantly improves the readability of date/time assertions. The implementation is clean, well-tested, and follows TUnit's established patterns perfectly. The semantic naming (IsAfter/IsBefore vs IsGreaterThan/IsLessThan) provides much better clarity when working with temporal data.

Recommendation: ✅ Approve (after addressing the minor duplicate import issue)


@thomhurst thomhurst merged commit 865552d into main Oct 17, 2025
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@thomhurst thomhurst deleted the bug/3423 branch October 17, 2025 13:18
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Assertion IsAfter for DateTime is not present anymore

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