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+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+import re
+
+class DateTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager", True) == "systemd":
+            self.target.run('systemctl stop systemd-timesyncd')
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager", True) == "systemd":
+            self.target.run('systemctl start systemd-timesyncd')
+
+    @testcase(211)
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_date(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to get initial date, output: %s" % output)
+        oldDate = output
+
+        sampleDate = '"2016-08-09 10:00:00"'
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("date -s %s" % sampleDate)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Date set failed, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("date -R")
+        p = re.match('Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:00:.. \+0000', output)
+        self.assertTrue(p, msg="The date was not set correctly, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('date -s "%s"' % oldDate)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to reset date, output: %s" % output)