"""Benchmark mode: freeze 'now' to a fixed date for deterministic behavior. Activated by setting the BENCHMARK_PASSCODE environment variable to any non-empty value. When active, every backend call to ``today()`` or ``utcnow()`` returns a fixed point in time (2025-04-01 12:00 UTC) so that prices, search windows, and booking timestamps are fully reproducible. """ import os from datetime import date, datetime BENCHMARK_DATE = date(2026, 4, 1) BENCHMARK_DATETIME = datetime(2026, 4, 1, 12, 0, 0) BENCHMARK_MODE: bool = bool(os.environ.get("BENCHMARK_PASSCODE", "")) def today() -> date: """Return the current date, or the fixed benchmark date.""" return BENCHMARK_DATE if BENCHMARK_MODE else date.today() def utcnow() -> datetime: """Return the current UTC datetime, or the fixed benchmark datetime.""" return BENCHMARK_DATETIME if BENCHMARK_MODE else datetime.utcnow()