Add shouldBeNow() to js-tests.js in LayoutTests.

LayoutTests/resources/js-test.js

 // svg/dynamic-updates tests set enablePixelTesting=true, as we want to dump text + pixel results
 if (self.testRunner) {
     if (self.enablePixelTesting)
         testRunner.dumpAsTextWithPixelResults();
     else
         testRunner.dumpAsText();
 }
 
 var description, debug, successfullyParsed;
 
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     if (typeof _e == "undefined" || exception == _ev)
       testPassed(_a + " threw exception " + exception + ".");
     else
       testFailed(_a + " should throw " + (typeof _e == "undefined" ? "an exception" : _ev) + ". Threw exception " + exception + ".");
   } else if (typeof _av == "undefined")
     testFailed(_a + " should throw " + (typeof _e == "undefined" ? "an exception" : _ev) + ". Was undefined.");
   else
     testFailed(_a + " should throw " + (typeof _e == "undefined" ? "an exception" : _ev) + ". Was " + _av + ".");
 }
 
+function shouldBeNow(_a)
+{
+    for (var _i = 0; _i < 1000; ++_i) {

[ojan, 2013/11/23 01:41:31]

No need for the underscores. jsbell has a patch removing the other underscore
prefixes from this file.

[pwnall-personal, 2013/11/23 01:56:22]

Done.

+        var _startDate = Date.now();
+        var _av = eval(_a);
+        var _date = _av.valueOf();
+        var _endDate = Date.now();
+
+        // On some occasions such as NTP updates, the current time can go
+        // backwards. This should only happen rarely, so we can get away with
+        // retrying the test a few times if we detect the time going backwards.
+        if (_startDate > _endDate)
+            continue;
+
+        if (typeof _date !== "number") {
+            testFailed(_a + " is not a number or a Date. Got " + _av);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (_date < _startDate) {
+            testFailed(_a + " is not the curent time. Got " + _av + " which is " + (_startDate - _date) / 1000 + " seconds in the past.");
+            return;
+        }
+        if (_date > _endDate) {
+            testFailed(_a + " is not the current time. Got " + _av + " which is " + (_date - _endDate) / 1000 + " seconds in the future.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        testPassed(_a + " is equivalent to Date.now().");
+        return;
+    }
+    testFailed(_a + " cannot be tested against the current time. The clock is going backwards too often.");
+}
+
 function expectError()
 {
     if (expectingError) {
         testFailed("shouldHaveError() called twice before an error occurred!");
     }
     expectingError = true;
 }
 
 function shouldHaveHadError(message)
 {
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     testPassed = function(msg) {
         workerPort.postMessage('PASS:' + msg);
     }
     finishJSTest = function() {
         workerPort.postMessage('DONE:');
     }
     debug = function(msg) {
         workerPort.postMessage(msg);
     }
 }