How to mock a constructor like new Date()
Since jest 26, you can use the ‘modern’ fakeTimers implementation (see article here) wich supports the method jest.setSystemTime. beforeAll(() => { jest.useFakeTimers(‘modern’); jest.setSystemTime(new Date(2020, 3, 1)); }); afterAll(() => { jest.useRealTimers(); }); Note that ‘modern’ will be the default implementation from jest version 27. See documentation for setSystemTime here.