Implements the timestamp attribute for the testsuites element in the output XML (external contribution by Dirk Meister).

test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py

@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
 
 __author__ = 'eefacm@gmail.com (Sean Mcafee)'
 
+import datetime
 import errno
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 from xml.dom import minidom, Node
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ else:
   STACK_TRACE_TEMPLATE = ''
 
 EXPECTED_NON_EMPTY_XML = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<testsuites tests="23" failures="4" disabled="2" errors="0" time="*" name="AllTests">
+<testsuites tests="23" failures="4" disabled="2" errors="0" time="*" timestamp="*" name="AllTests">
   <testsuite name="SuccessfulTest" tests="1" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*">
     <testcase name="Succeeds" status="run" time="*" classname="SuccessfulTest"/>
   </testsuite>
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ Invalid characters in brackets []%(stack)s]]></failure>
 
 
 EXPECTED_EMPTY_XML = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<testsuites tests="0" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*" name="AllTests">
+<testsuites tests="0" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*" timestamp="*" name="AllTests">
 </testsuites>"""
 
 GTEST_PROGRAM_PATH = gtest_test_utils.GetTestExecutablePath(GTEST_PROGRAM_NAME)
@@ -153,13 +155,39 @@ class GTestXMLOutputUnitTest(gtest_xml_test_utils.GTestXMLTestCase):
       self._TestXmlOutput(GTEST_PROGRAM_NAME, EXPECTED_NON_EMPTY_XML, 1)
 
   def testEmptyXmlOutput(self):
-    """
+    """Verifies XML output for a Google Test binary without actual tests.
+
     Runs a test program that generates an empty XML output, and
     tests that the XML output is expected.
     """
 
     self._TestXmlOutput('gtest_no_test_unittest', EXPECTED_EMPTY_XML, 0)
 
+  def testTimestampValue(self):
+    """Checks whether the timestamp attribute in the XML output is valid.
+
+    Runs a test program that generates an empty XML output, and checks if
+    the timestamp attribute in the testsuites tag is valid.
+    """
+    actual = self._GetXmlOutput('gtest_no_test_unittest', 0)
+    date_time_str = actual.documentElement.getAttributeNode('timestamp').value
+    # datetime.strptime() is only available in Python 2.5+ so we have to
+    # parse the expected datetime manually.
+    match = re.match(r'(\d+)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)T(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)', date_time_str)
+    self.assertTrue(
+        re.match,
+        'XML datettime string %s has incorrect format' % date_time_str)
+    date_time_from_xml = datetime.datetime(
+        year=int(match.group(1)), month=int(match.group(2)),
+        day=int(match.group(3)), hour=int(match.group(4)),
+        minute=int(match.group(5)), second=int(match.group(6)))
+
+    time_delta = abs(datetime.datetime.now() - date_time_from_xml)
+    # timestamp value should be near the current local time
+    self.assertTrue(time_delta < datetime.timedelta(seconds=600),
+                    'time_delta is %s' % time_delta)
+    actual.unlink()
+
   def testDefaultOutputFile(self):
     """
     Confirms that Google Test produces an XML output file with the expected
@@ -198,8 +226,10 @@ class GTestXMLOutputUnitTest(gtest_xml_test_utils.GTestXMLTestCase):
                '--shut_down_xml']
     p = gtest_test_utils.Subprocess(command)
     if p.terminated_by_signal:
-      self.assert_(False,
-                   '%s was killed by signal %d' % (gtest_prog_name, p.signal))
+      # p.signal is avalable only if p.terminated_by_signal is True.
+      self.assertFalse(
+          p.terminated_by_signal,
+          '%s was killed by signal %d' % (GTEST_PROGRAM_NAME, p.signal))
     else:
       self.assert_(p.exited)
       self.assertEquals(1, p.exit_code,
@@ -209,13 +239,10 @@ class GTestXMLOutputUnitTest(gtest_xml_test_utils.GTestXMLTestCase):
 
     self.assert_(not os.path.isfile(xml_path))
 
-
-  def _TestXmlOutput(self, gtest_prog_name, expected_xml, expected_exit_code):
+  def _GetXmlOutput(self, gtest_prog_name, expected_exit_code):
     """
-    Asserts that the XML document generated by running the program
-    gtest_prog_name matches expected_xml, a string containing another
-    XML document.  Furthermore, the program's exit code must be
-    expected_exit_code.
+    Returns the xml output generated by running the program gtest_prog_name.
+    Furthermore, the program's exit code must be expected_exit_code.
     """
     xml_path = os.path.join(gtest_test_utils.GetTempDir(),
                             gtest_prog_name + 'out.xml')
@@ -232,15 +259,24 @@ class GTestXMLOutputUnitTest(gtest_xml_test_utils.GTestXMLTestCase):
                         "'%s' exited with code %s, which doesn't match "
                         'the expected exit code %s.'
                         % (command, p.exit_code, expected_exit_code))
+    actual = minidom.parse(xml_path)
+    return actual
 
+  def _TestXmlOutput(self, gtest_prog_name, expected_xml, expected_exit_code):
+    """
+    Asserts that the XML document generated by running the program
+    gtest_prog_name matches expected_xml, a string containing another
+    XML document.  Furthermore, the program's exit code must be
+    expected_exit_code.
+    """
+
+    actual = self._GetXmlOutput(gtest_prog_name, expected_exit_code)
     expected = minidom.parseString(expected_xml)
-    actual   = minidom.parse(xml_path)
     self.NormalizeXml(actual.documentElement)
     self.AssertEquivalentNodes(expected.documentElement,
                                actual.documentElement)
     expected.unlink()
-    actual  .unlink()
-
+    actual.unlink()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':