diff --git a/britney2/policies/policy.py b/britney2/policies/policy.py
index a2ebc22..986c5b1 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/policy.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/policy.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class AgePolicy(BasePolicy):
             raise ValueError("Missing age-requirement for default urgency (MINDAYS_%s)" % options.default_urgency)
         self._min_days_default = mindays[options.default_urgency]
         # britney's "day" begins at 7pm (we want aging to occur in the 22:00Z run and we run Britney 2-4 times a day)
+        # NB: _date_now is used in tests
         self._date_now = int(((time.time() / (60*60)) - 19) / 24)
         self._dates = {}
         self._urgencies = {}
diff --git a/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-dates b/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-dates
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd374b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-dates
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# <source> <version> <seen-at-day>
+# NB: The default "day" for the tests is 10. For urgency medium, this implies
+# setting <seen-at-day> to 0-5 is passing while 6-10 is too young.
+out-of-date-version 1.5 5
+almost-aged-properly 2.0 6
+aged-properly 2.0 5
diff --git a/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-urgencies b/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-urgencies
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bb8bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-urgencies
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# empty
diff --git a/tests/test_policy.py b/tests/test_policy.py
index 2ece786..ade4235 100644
--- a/tests/test_policy.py
+++ b/tests/test_policy.py
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ class TestAgePolicy(unittest.TestCase):
         'low': 10,
     }
 
+    @classmethod
+    def reset_age(cls, policy, effective_date=10):
+        policy._date_now = effective_date
+
     def test_missing_age_file(self):
         age_file = os.path.join(POLICY_DATA_BASE_DIR, 'age', 'missing-age-file', 'age-policy-dates')
         assert not os.path.exists(age_file)
@@ -155,6 +159,47 @@ class TestAgePolicy(unittest.TestCase):
             if os.path.exists(age_file):
                 os.unlink(age_file)
 
+    def test_age_new(self):
+        src_name = 'unlisted-source-package'
+        policy = initialize_policy('age/basic', AgePolicy, TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS)
+        age_policy_info = apply_policy(policy, PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_TEMPORARILY, src_name)
+        assert age_policy_info['age-requirement'] == TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS[DEFAULT_URGENCY]
+        assert age_policy_info['current-age'] == 0
+
+    def test_age_urgented(self):
+        src_name = 'unlisted-source-package'
+        policy = initialize_policy('age/basic', AgePolicy, TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS,
+                                   hints=['urgent unlisted-source-package/2.0'])
+        age_policy_info = apply_policy(policy, PolicyVerdict.PASS_HINTED, src_name)
+        assert age_policy_info['age-requirement'] == TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS[DEFAULT_URGENCY]
+        assert age_policy_info['current-age'] == 0
+        assert age_policy_info['age-requirement-reduced']['new-requirement'] == 0
+        assert age_policy_info['age-requirement-reduced']['changed-by'] == TEST_HINTER
+
+    def test_age_old_version_aged(self):
+        src_name = 'out-of-date-version'
+        policy = initialize_policy('age/basic', AgePolicy, TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS)
+        self.reset_age(policy)
+        age_policy_info = apply_policy(policy, PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_TEMPORARILY, src_name)
+        assert age_policy_info['age-requirement'] == TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS[DEFAULT_URGENCY]
+        assert age_policy_info['current-age'] == 0
+
+    def test_age_almost_aged(self):
+        src_name = 'almost-aged-properly'
+        policy = initialize_policy('age/basic', AgePolicy, TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS)
+        self.reset_age(policy)
+        age_policy_info = apply_policy(policy, PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_TEMPORARILY, src_name)
+        assert age_policy_info['age-requirement'] == TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS[DEFAULT_URGENCY]
+        assert age_policy_info['current-age'] == 4
+
+    def test_age_aged_properly(self):
+        src_name = 'aged-properly'
+        policy = initialize_policy('age/basic', AgePolicy, TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS)
+        self.reset_age(policy)
+        age_policy_info = apply_policy(policy, PolicyVerdict.PASS, src_name)
+        assert age_policy_info['age-requirement'] == TestAgePolicy.DEFAULT_MIN_DAYS[DEFAULT_URGENCY]
+        assert age_policy_info['current-age'] == 5
+
 
 class TestPiupartsPolicy(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -195,5 +240,6 @@ class TestPiupartsPolicy(unittest.TestCase):
         assert piu_policy_info['test-results'] == 'failed'
         assert piu_policy_info['piuparts-test-url'] == 'https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/f/failed-not-regression.html'
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()