(For those interested this question is also at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14191855/how-do-you-fake-the-time-for-boo... ) Hi all, If possible, how do you fake the time for the purpose of triggering boost timers in a unit test? For example, is it possible to achieve something like the following: #include <iostream>#include <boost/asio.hpp>#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> void print(const boost::system::error_code& /*e*/){ std::cout << "Hello, world!\n";} int main(){ boost::asio::io_service io; // Possibly another class needed here, or a way of setting the clock to be fake boost::asio::deadline_timer t(io, boost::posix_time::hours(24)); t.async_wait(&print); io.poll(); // Nothing should happen - no handlers ready // PSEUDO-CODE below of what I'd like to happen, jump ahead 24 hours io.set_time(io.get_time() + boost::posix_time::hours(24)); io.poll(); // The timer should go off return 0;} I'm aware I could wrap the io_service and deadline_timer in a wrapper and write my own test implementation, thus providing the real and test version to the production code I'm trying to test. What I'm hoping is the boost framework allows a way to create an io service that is related to a fake clock rather than the system time, meaning I don't need to create my own wrappers. I should also point out that the docs indicate providing something like my own WaitableTimerService orTimerService may be the way to go, but I can't see which one (if any) is responsible for providing the clock. Any tips appreciated! Josh.