fake(mock) datetime in python (django)

fake(mock) datetime in python (django)

class DateTimefaker(datetime):
    """
    fake datetime to use your own custom datetimes
    """
    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        return datetime.__new__(datetime, *args, **kwargs)

class TestSomething(TestCase):
    fixtures = ['test_data']

    @mock.patch('module.tasks.datetime', DateTimefaker)
    def test_something(self):
        DateTimefaker.today = classmethod(lambda cls: datetime(2014, 2, 28)) 
        client = Client()