You could try using 1.week.ago.to_date in the unit tests, or place a doubt on
the Dateness of sale_date ... take your pick

Steve Ross wrote:
>  Reposting because I didn't see this get into the list:
>  
>  ---
>  
>  I have a MySQL database with a DATE field:
>  
>  CREATE TABLE sales (
>    id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
>     ...
>    sale_date date NOT NULL default '2003-01-01',
>    PRIMARY KEY  (id)
>  ) ENGINE=MyISAM;
>  
>  I've created a validate function in my model:
>  
>  protected 
>  def validate
>    errors.add(:sale_date, 'sale date cannot be later than today') if
>  Date.today < sale_date
>  end
>  
>  All good if I am using the browser, but from my unit test, I do the
>  following:
>  
>  @sale = Sale.new
>  ...
>  @sale.sale_date = 1.week.ago
>  assert @sale.save
>  
>  And get an error that I can't compare a Date and Time. Specifically,
>  
>  ArgumentError: comparison of Date with Time failed
>  
>  I've tried numerous variations on setting the date, but keep running into
>  this type error. What am I failing to see?
>  
>  Thanks
>  
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