cleanup unused variables, unclear syntax

test/time_stack_item_test.rb

@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ def test_new_with_individual_arguments
   end
 
   def test_rational_to_utc_offset
-    assert_equal -14400, a_time_stack_item.send(:rational_to_utc_offset, Rational(-1, 6))
-    assert_equal -18000, a_time_stack_item.send(:rational_to_utc_offset, Rational(-5, 24))
+    assert_equal(-14400, a_time_stack_item.send(:rational_to_utc_offset, Rational(-1, 6)))
+    assert_equal(-18000, a_time_stack_item.send(:rational_to_utc_offset, Rational(-5, 24)))
     assert_equal 0,      a_time_stack_item.send(:rational_to_utc_offset, Rational(0, 1))
     assert_equal 3600,   a_time_stack_item.send(:rational_to_utc_offset, Rational(1, 24))
   end
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def test_set_scaling_factor_for_scale
 
   def test_parse_only_string_with_active_support
     Time.expects(:parse).never
-    Timecop.freeze(2011, 01, 02, hour=0, minute=0, second=0)
+    Timecop.freeze(2011, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0)
   end
 
   def test_parse_date

test/timecop_test.rb

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ def test_travel_does_not_reduce_precision_of_datetime
   end
 
   def test_freeze_in_time_subclass_returns_mocked_subclass
-    t = Time.local(2008, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
     custom_timeklass = Class.new(Time) do
       def custom_format_method() strftime('%F') end
     end
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ def custom_format_method() strftime('%F') end
   end
 
   def test_freeze_in_date_subclass_returns_mocked_subclass
-    t = Time.local(2008, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
     custom_dateklass = Class.new(Date) do
       def custom_format_method() strftime('%F') end
     end
@@ -99,7 +97,6 @@ def custom_format_method() strftime('%F') end
   end
 
   def test_freeze_in_datetime_subclass_returns_mocked_subclass
-    t = Time.local(2008, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
     custom_datetimeklass = Class.new(DateTime) do
       def custom_format_method() strftime('%F') end
     end
@@ -238,7 +235,6 @@ def test_exception_thrown_in_return_block_restores_previous_time
 
   def test_freeze_freezes_time
     t = Time.local(2008, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
-    now = Time.now
     Timecop.freeze(t) do
       #assert Time.now < now, "If we had failed to freeze, time would have proceeded, which is what appears to have happened."
       new_t, new_d, new_dt = Time.now, Date.today, DateTime.now
@@ -252,7 +248,6 @@ def test_freeze_freezes_time
 
   def test_travel_keeps_time_moving
     t = Time.local(2008, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
-    now = Time.now
     Timecop.travel(t) do
       new_now = Time.now
       assert_times_effectively_equal(new_now, t, 1, "Looks like we failed to actually travel time")