--- /dev/null
+#! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "the strftime function" do
+ let(:scope) { PuppetlabsSpec::PuppetInternals.scope }
+
+ it "should exist" do
+ expect(Puppet::Parser::Functions.function("strftime")).to eq("function_strftime")
+ end
+
+ it "should raise a ParseError if there is less than 1 arguments" do
+ expect { scope.function_strftime([]) }.to( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
+ end
+
+ it "using %s should be higher then when I wrote this test" do
+ result = scope.function_strftime(["%s"])
+ expect(result.to_i).to(be > 1311953157)
+ end
+
+ it "using %s should be lower then 1.5 trillion" do
+ result = scope.function_strftime(["%s"])
+ expect(result.to_i).to(be < 1500000000)
+ end
+
+ it "should return a date when given %Y-%m-%d" do
+ result = scope.function_strftime(["%Y-%m-%d"])
+ expect(result).to match(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/)
+ end
+end