@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ $(".post:first-of-type a").attr("href"),
         "/post/testfile",
         "first post url"
       );
+      t.is(
+        $(".post:first-of-type time").text(),
+        "Sunday, January 1, 2017",
+        "first post date"
+      );
+      t.is(
+        $(".post:first-of-type time").attr("datetime"),
+        new Date("2017-01-01").toISOString()
+      );
       return $;
     })
     .then(toMicroformatsOptions)
@@ -84,6 +93,15 @@ "This is a test",
         "article header is post title"
       );
       t.is(
+        $("article time").text(),
+        "Sunday, January 1, 2017",
+        "first post date"
+      );
+      t.is(
+        $("article time").attr("datetime"),
+        new Date("2017-01-01").toISOString()
+      );
+      t.is(
         $("article p").text(),
         `Ut enim blandit volutpat maecenas? Volutpat blandit aliquam etiam erat \
 velit, scelerisque in dictum non, consectetur a erat nam at lectus \
@@ -123,6 +141,11 @@ t.is(
         $(".post:first-of-type a").attr("href"),
         "/post/testfile",
         "post url"
+      );
+      t.is(
+        $(".post:first-of-type time").text(),
+        "Sunday, January 1, 2017",
+        "first post date"
       );
     });
 });