--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+test_description="date/time parser module"
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# Sanity/smoke tests for the date/time parser independent of notmuch
+
+_date ()
+{
+ date -d "$*" +%s
+}
+
+_parse_time ()
+{
+ ${TEST_DIRECTORY}/parse-time --format=%s "$*"
+}
+
+test_begin_subtest "date(1) default format without TZ code"
+test_expect_equal "$(_parse_time Fri Aug 3 23:06:06 2012)" "$(_date Fri Aug 3 23:06:06 2012)"
+
+test_begin_subtest "date(1) --rfc-2822 format"
+test_expect_equal "$(_parse_time Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:07:46 +0100)" "$(_date Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:07:46 +0100)"
+
+test_begin_subtest "date(1) --rfc=3339=seconds format"
+test_expect_equal "$(_parse_time 2012-08-03 23:09:37+03:00)" "$(_date 2012-08-03 23:09:37+03:00)"
+
+test_begin_subtest "Date parser tests"
+REFERENCE=$(_date Tue Jan 11 11:11:00 +0000 2011)
+cat <<EOF > INPUT
+now ==> Tue Jan 11 11:11:00 +0000 2011
+2010-1-1 ==> ERROR: DATEFORMAT
+Jan 2 ==> Sun Jan 02 11:11:00 +0000 2011
+Mon ==> Mon Jan 10 11:11:00 +0000 2011
+last Friday ==> ERROR: FORMAT
+2 hours ago ==> Tue Jan 11 09:11:00 +0000 2011
+last month ==> Sat Dec 11 11:11:00 +0000 2010
+month ago ==> Sat Dec 11 11:11:00 +0000 2010
+two mo ==> Thu Nov 11 11:11:00 +0000 2010
+3M ==> Mon Oct 11 11:11:00 +0000 2010
+4-mont ==> Sat Sep 11 11:11:00 +0000 2010
+5m ==> Tue Jan 11 11:06:00 +0000 2011
+dozen mi ==> Tue Jan 11 10:59:00 +0000 2011
+8am ==> Tue Jan 11 08:00:00 +0000 2011
+9:15 ==> Tue Jan 11 09:15:00 +0000 2011
+12:34 ==> Tue Jan 11 12:34:00 +0000 2011
+monday ==> Mon Jan 10 11:11:00 +0000 2011
+yesterday ==> Mon Jan 10 11:11:00 +0000 2011
+tomorrow ==> ERROR: KEYWORD
+ ==> Tue Jan 11 11:11:00 +0000 2011 # empty string is reference time
+
+Aug 3 23:06:06 2012 ==> Fri Aug 03 23:06:06 +0000 2012 # date(1) default format without TZ code
+Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:07:46 +0100 ==> Fri Aug 03 22:07:46 +0000 2012 # rfc-2822
+2012-08-03 23:09:37+03:00 ==> Fri Aug 03 20:09:37 +0000 2012 # rfc-3339 seconds
+
+10s ==> Tue Jan 11 11:10:50 +0000 2011
+19701223s ==> Fri May 28 10:37:17 +0000 2010
+19701223 ==> Wed Dec 23 11:11:00 +0000 1970
+
+19701223 +0100 ==> Wed Dec 23 11:11:00 +0000 1970 # Timezone is ignored without an error
+
+today ==^^> Wed Jan 12 00:00:00 +0000 2011
+today ==^> Tue Jan 11 23:59:59 +0000 2011
+today ==_> Tue Jan 11 00:00:00 +0000 2011
+
+this week ==^^> Sun Jan 16 00:00:00 +0000 2011
+this week ==^> Sat Jan 15 23:59:59 +0000 2011
+this week ==_> Sun Jan 09 00:00:00 +0000 2011
+
+two months ago ==> Thu Nov 11 11:11:00 +0000 2010
+two months ==> Thu Nov 11 11:11:00 +0000 2010
+
+@1348569850 ==> Tue Sep 25 10:44:10 +0000 2012
+@10 ==> Thu Jan 01 00:00:10 +0000 1970
+EOF
+
+${TEST_DIRECTORY}/parse-time --ref=${REFERENCE} < INPUT > OUTPUT
+test_expect_equal_file INPUT OUTPUT
+
+test_done