t/nntpd.t | 8 ++++++++

diff --git a/t/nntpd.t b/t/nntpd.t
index 7192d7819dd6d12e9a758581da373042cc39091b..ad50a64fd7bb7b9d155bbdb339463db50476f72e 100644
--- a/t/nntpd.t
+++ b/t/nntpd.t
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ 	is_deeply($n->xhdr(qw(list-id 1-)), {},
 		 'XHDR on invalid header returns empty');
 
 	{
+		my $t0 = time;
+		my $date = $n->date;
+		my $t1 = time;
+		ok($date >= $t0, 'valid date after start');
+		ok($date <= $t1, 'valid date before stop');
+	}
+
+	{
 		setsockopt($s, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, 1);
 		syswrite($s, 'HDR List-id 1-');
 		select(undef, undef, undef, 0.15);