X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Ftest-lib.sh;h=53cb9475ad0f62cb442efb95cac75fda0a4ee235;hb=b421f00a05dba82d6c3df6dcb6ae9063c5395b49;hp=8f18e735e5aee10262f5b5487d99e05f25ad260e;hpb=18921be2e9c0b15c7a4c053718470f667fd35b35;p=notmuch

diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index 8f18e735..53cb9475 100644
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -356,7 +356,11 @@ generate_message ()
     fi
 
     if [ -z "${template[date]}" ]; then
-	template[date]="Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:43:57 +0000"
+	# we use decreasing timestamps here for historical reasons;
+	# the existing test suite when we converted to unique timestamps just
+	# happened to have signicantly fewer failures with that choice.
+	template[date]=$(TZ=UTC printf "%(%a, %d %b %Y %T %z)T\n" \
+			$((978709437 - gen_msg_cnt)))
     fi
 
     additional_headers=""
@@ -618,7 +622,8 @@ notmuch_show_sanitize_all ()
 {
     sed \
 	-e 's| filename:.*| filename:XXXXX|' \
-	-e 's| id:[^ ]* | id:XXXXX |'
+	-e 's| id:[^ ]* | id:XXXXX |' | \
+	notmuch_date_sanitize
 }
 
 notmuch_json_show_sanitize ()
@@ -641,6 +646,12 @@ notmuch_emacs_error_sanitize ()
 	-e 's/^\[.*\]$/[XXX]/' \
 	-e "s|^\(command: \)\{0,1\}/.*/$command|\1YYY/$command|"
 }
+
+notmuch_date_sanitize ()
+{
+    sed \
+	-e 's/^Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 .*0000/Date: GENERATED_DATE/'
+}
 # End of notmuch helper functions
 
 # Use test_set_prereq to tell that a particular prerequisite is available.