From 6ef24b0025c95afa666611fbd0b0a797880c96d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jackie1santana <jackietristansantana@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:24:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] error handling to prevent future dates

---
 __test__/showTimeAgo.spec.js | 3 ---
 index.js                     | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/__test__/showTimeAgo.spec.js b/__test__/showTimeAgo.spec.js
index f39e368..e9136cf 100644
--- a/__test__/showTimeAgo.spec.js
+++ b/__test__/showTimeAgo.spec.js
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ test('Test Date for the start of Unix Epoch (January 1, 1970)', () => {
     expect(showTimeAgo(epochStart)).toBe(`${epochYears} years ago`);
 });
 
-test('Test Date for a future date', () => {
-    expect(showTimeAgo(futureDate)).toBe('now');
-});
 
 test('Test Date for just a few seconds ago', () => {
     expect(showTimeAgo(fewSecondsAgo)).toContain('seconds ago');
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 895e285..cf6154b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ function showtimeago(dateParam) {
         function timeAgo(dateParam) {
             const date = validateDateParam(dateParam);
             const now = new Date();
+
+            // Check if the date is in the future
+            if (date > now) {
+                throw new Error("Invalid date: The provided date is in the future.");
+            }
+
             const DAY_IN_MS = 86400000; // 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
             const YEAR_IN_MS = 365.25 * DAY_IN_MS; // Account for leap years
             const yesterday = new Date(now.getTime() - DAY_IN_MS);
@@ -129,7 +135,8 @@ function showtimeago(dateParam) {
         throw new Error(error.message);
     }
 }
-// console.log(showtimeago("2024-07-18T17:12:00.000Z"));
+
+console.log(showtimeago("2024-07-18T17:12:00.000Z"));
 // Example usage to test with current time
 // const now = new Date();
 // console.log("Current time:", now.toISOString());