thunderbird / thunderbird/appointment

Adjust timezone for github frontend test runner

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enhancement
Dominant language
Python
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552
Forks
29
Avg merge
1d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Currently testing https://github.com/thunderbird/appointment/pull/552 is impossible since it uses the client's timezone, which by default is set to utc.

I'm sure we could mock the timezone fetcher, but it might be easier to just set the timezone of the github job that runs vitest.

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Research direction

Start by locating the GitHub Actions job that runs Vitest for the frontend and check how its timezone is configured. Reproduce the issue with the tests related to pull request 552, then verify that the job uses the intended timezone and the frontend test suite passes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, javascript
Domain
ci-cd, frontend, testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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