add date equals test

.travis.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 dist: bionic
 language: python
+sudo: true
 python:
 - '3.5'
 - '3.6'

test/steps/checks_test.py

@@ -154,4 +154,14 @@ def test_items_iteration(self):
                     equals: {the: '{{ ITEM.k }}', is: 'a'}
         ''')
         runner = Runner(self.test_dir, join(self.test_dir, 'main.yaml'), None)
-        self.assertTrue(runner.run_tests())
+        self.assertTrue(runner.run_tests())
+
+    # test if dates with dashes are not calculated as math (old dates, i.e. 1973-03-10 are still calculated as math)
+    def test_compate_dates(self):
+        self.populate_file('main.yaml', '''---
+        steps:
+            - check:
+                equals: {the: '2020-03-11', is_not: '2020-11-03' }
+        ''')
+        runner = Runner(self.test_dir, join(self.test_dir, 'main.yaml'), None)
+        self.assertTrue(runner.run_tests())

test/utils/misc_test.py

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def test_template_with_simple_object(self):
         self.assertEqual(17, fill_template('{{ OUTPUT }}', {'OUTPUT': 17}))
         self.assertEqual(4.2, fill_template('{{ OUTPUT }}', {'OUTPUT': 4.2}))
         self.assertEqual('string', fill_template('{{ OUTPUT }}', {'OUTPUT': 'string'}))
+        self.assertEqual('2020-03-11', fill_template('{{ OUTPUT }}', {'OUTPUT': '2020-03-11'}))
 
     # templates are being filled in correctly with complex objects
     def test_template_with_complex_object(self):