change function name

Author: Akol125

backend/tests/utils/generic_utils.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def update_contained_resource_field(
     )
     return json_data
 
-def format_future_dates(dates: List[Union[date, datetime]], mode: str = "auto") -> List[str]:
+def format_date_types(dates: List[Union[date, datetime]], mode: str = "auto") -> List[str]:
     """
     Accepts a list of date or datetime objects and returns them as strings:
     - datetime → ISO 8601 string with timezone if present

backend/tests/utils/test_generic_utils.py

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 import unittest
 from src.models.utils.generic_utils import form_json
-from tests.utils.generic_utils import load_json_data
+from tests.utils.generic_utils import load_json_data, format_date_types
+
+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime, date
 
 
 class TestFormJson(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -70,3 +73,25 @@ def test_elements_whitespace_and_case_are_handled(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(res["id"], self.response["id"])
         self.assertEqual(res["meta"]["versionId"], self.response["version"])
+
+
+class TestFormatFutureDates(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_date_mode_formats_dates_and_datetimes(self):
+        inputs = [date(2100, 1, 2), datetime(2100, 1, 3, 12, 0, 0)]
+        expected = ["2100-01-02", "2100-01-03"]
+        self.assertEqual(format_date_types(inputs, mode="date"), expected)
+
+    def test_datetime_mode_formats_dates_and_datetimes(self):
+        inputs = [date(2100, 1, 2), datetime(2100, 1, 3, 12, 0, 0)]
+        expected = ["2100-01-02", "2100-01-03T12:00:00"]
+        self.assertEqual(format_date_types(inputs, mode="datetime"), expected)
+
+    def test_default_auto_mode_is_currently_unsupported(self):
+        # Current implementation raises TypeError when mode is not 'date' or 'datetime'
+        inputs = [date(2100, 1, 2)]
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            format_date_types(inputs)  # default mode is 'auto'
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

backend/tests/utils/values_for_tests.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from decimal import Decimal
-from .generic_utils import format_future_dates
+from .generic_utils import format_date_types
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 
@@ -301,13 +301,13 @@ class InvalidValues:
         now + timedelta(days=730)
     ]
 
-    for_future_dates = format_future_dates(sample_inputs, mode = "date")
+    for_future_dates = format_date_types(sample_inputs, mode = "date")
 
     # Strings which are not in acceptable date time format
     for_date_time_string_formats_for_relaxed_timezone = [
         "",  # Empty string
         "invalid",  # Invalid format
-        *format_future_dates(sample_inputs, mode = "datetime"),
+        *format_date_types(sample_inputs, mode = "datetime"),
         "20000101",  # Date digits only (i.e. without hypens)
         "20000101000000",  # Date and time digits only
         "200001010000000000",  # Date, time and timezone digits only