// first things first, set the timezone; see tzset(3) process.env.TZ = 'Europe/Amsterdam'; assert = require('assert'); spawn = require('child_process').spawn; // time difference between Greenwich and Amsterdam is +2 hours in the summer date = new Date('Fri, 10 Sep 1982 03:15:00 GMT'); assert.equal(3, date.getUTCHours()); assert.equal(5, date.getHours()); // changes in environment should be visible to child processes if (process.argv[2] == 'you-are-the-child') { // failed assertion results in process exiting with status code 1 assert.equal(false, 'NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env); assert.equal(42, process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV); process.exit(0); } else { process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV = 42; assert.equal(42, process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV); process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED = 42; assert.equal(true, 'NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env); delete process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED; assert.equal(false, 'NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env); child = spawn(process.argv[0], [process.argv[1], 'you-are-the-child']); child.stdout.on('data', function(data) { console.log(data.toString()); }); child.stderr.on('data', function(data) { console.log(data.toString()); }); child.on('exit', function(statusCode) { if (statusCode != 0) { process.exit(statusCode); // failed assertion in child process } }); }