From 47198c5c9d8058a517ccda16b25672cec436a7e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nat Dean-Lewis <nat.dean-lewis@softwire.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:43:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] CLDC-4280: add time travel behaviour for staging (and check
 on test first)

---
 Gemfile                        | 5 ++++-
 config/initializers/timecop.rb | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 config/initializers/timecop.rb

diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 91ed6c8a8..d7f1db035 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ group :development do
   gem "rubocop-rails", require: false
 end
 
+group :test, :staging do
+  gem "timecop", "~> 0.9.4"
+end
+
 group :test do
   gem "axe-core-rspec"
   gem "capybara", require: false
@@ -111,7 +115,6 @@ group :test do
   gem "rspec-rails", require: false
   gem "selenium-webdriver", require: false
   gem "simplecov", require: false
-  gem "timecop", "~> 0.9.4"
   gem "webmock", require: false
 end
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/timecop.rb b/config/initializers/timecop.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ab772c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/timecop.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if Rails.env.test?
+  require "timecop"
+  Timecop.travel(Time.zone.local(2026, 4, 1))
+end