diff --git a/tests/test-context.py b/tests/test-context.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/test-context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import os
+from mercurial import hg, ui, commands
+
+u = ui.ui()
+
+repo = hg.repository(u, 'test1', create=1)
+os.chdir('test1')
+repo = hg.repository(u, '.') # FIXME: can't lock repo without doing this
+
+# create 'foo' with fixed time stamp
+f = file('foo', 'w')
+f.write('foo\n')
+f.close()
+os.utime('foo', (1000, 1000))
+
+# add+commit 'foo'
+repo.add(['foo'])
+repo.commit(text='commit1', date="0 0")
+
+print "workingfilectx.date =", repo.workingctx().filectx('foo').date()