def test_current_time(self):
# Get the current time from xmlrpc.com. This code exercises
# the minimal HTTP functionality in xmlrpclib.
self.skipTest("time.xmlrpc.com is unreliable")
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://time.xmlrpc.com/RPC2")
try:
t0 = server.currentTime.getCurrentTime()
except socket.error as e:
self.skipTest("network error: %s" % e)
# Perform a minimal sanity check on the result, just to be sure
# the request means what we think it means.
t1 = xmlrpclib.DateTime()
dt0 = xmlrpclib._datetime_type(t0.value)
dt1 = xmlrpclib._datetime_type(t1.value)
if dt0 > dt1:
delta = dt0 - dt1
else:
delta = dt1 - dt0
# The difference between the system time here and the system
# time on the server should not be too big.
self.assertTrue(delta.days <= 1)
def _end_dateTime(self, data):
value = client.DateTime()
value.decode(data)
value = client._datetime_type(data)
self.append(value)
