diff --git a/britney2/policies/policy.py b/britney2/policies/policy.py
index 2137131..d2cb103 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/policy.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/policy.py
@@ -271,14 +271,13 @@ class AgePolicy(BasePolicy):
         super().__init__('age', options, suite_info, {SuiteClass.PRIMARY_SOURCE_SUITE})
         self._min_days = mindays
         self._min_days_default = None  # initialised later
-        # 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
         time_now = time.time()
         if hasattr(self.options, 'fake_runtime'):
             time_now = int(self.options.fake_runtime)
             self.logger.info("overriding runtime with fake_runtime %d" % time_now)
 
-        self._date_now = int(((time_now / (60*60)) - 19) / 24)
+        self._date_now = int(time_now)
         self._dates = {}
         self._urgencies = {}
         self._default_urgency = self.options.default_urgency
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ class AgePolicy(BasePolicy):
         elif self._dates[source_name][0] != source_data_srcdist.version:
             self._dates[source_name] = (source_data_srcdist.version, self._date_now)
 
-        days_old = self._date_now - self._dates[source_name][1]
+        days_old = (self._date_now - self._dates[source_name][1]) / 60 / 60 / 24
         min_days = self._min_days[urgency]
         for bounty in excuse.bounty:
             if excuse.bounty[bounty]:
diff --git a/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-dates b/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-dates
index fd374b9..b87dbfd 100644
--- a/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-dates
+++ b/tests/policy-test-data/age/basic/age-policy-dates
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# <source> <version> <seen-at-day>
+# <source> <version> <seen-at-timestamp>
 # 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-out-of-date-version 1.5 5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
+out-of-date-version 1.5 342000
+almost-aged-properly 2.0 428400
+aged-properly 2.0 342000
diff --git a/tests/test_policy.py b/tests/test_policy.py
index 9d1ae3b..b5b9796 100644
--- a/tests/test_policy.py
+++ b/tests/test_policy.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def initialize_policy(test_name, policy_class, *args, **kwargs):
         adt_success_bounty=3,
         adt_regression_penalty=False,
         adt_retry_url_mech='run_id',
+        fake_runtime=774000,
         **kwargs)
     suite_info = Suites(
         Suite(SuiteClass.TARGET_SUITE, target, os.path.join(test_dir, target), ''),
@@ -234,10 +235,6 @@ 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)
@@ -273,7 +270,6 @@ class TestAgePolicy(unittest.TestCase):
     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_src_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
@@ -281,7 +277,6 @@ class TestAgePolicy(unittest.TestCase):
     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_src_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
@@ -289,7 +284,6 @@ class TestAgePolicy(unittest.TestCase):
     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_src_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