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/Users/rpowell93/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby -rrubygems -S /Users/rpowell93/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@rpowell.me/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/bin/rspec --tty '/Users/rpowell93/Projects/rpowell.me/spec/models/post_spec.rb'
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Failures:

  1) Post should only return published posts in the 'published' scope
     Failure/Error: Post.published.count.should == 2
       expected: 2
            got: 1 (using ==)
     # ./spec/models/post_spec.rb:52:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Finished in 0.21074 seconds
7 examples, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/models/post_spec.rb:43 # Post should only return published posts in the 'published' scope

gistfile1.rb

# Test Code #

before(:each) do
  @attr = {
    :title   => "A test post",
    :content => "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."
  }
end

it "should only return published posts in the 'published' scope" do
  past_date = 1.day.ago
  past_post = Post.create(@attr.merge(:publish_date => past_date))
  
  present_post = Post.create(@attr)
  
  future_date = 1.day.from_now
  future_post = Post.create(@attr.merge(:publish_date => future_date))
  
  Post.published.count.should == 2
end

# Scope definition in post.rb #

scope :published, where('publish_date <= ?', DateTime.now)

/Users/rpowell93/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby -rrubygems -S /Users/rpowell93/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@rpowell.me/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/bin/rspec --tty '/Users/rpowell93/Projects/rpowell.me/spec/models/post_spec.rb'
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Failures:

1. Post should only return published posts in the 'published' scope
   Failure/Error: Post.published.count.should == 2
   expected: 2
   got: 1 (using ==)

   ./spec/models/post_spec.rb:52:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Finished in 0.21074 seconds
7 examples, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/models/post_spec.rb:43 # Post should only return published posts in the 'published' scope

Answer should be one. Not 2. Today is November 14th. 1 day from now is November 15th and 1 day ago is November 13th. You need to fix your test data.