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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
+
+import xmlrpclib
+
+class CurrentTimeTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_current_time(self):
+        # Get the current time from xmlrpc.com.  This code exercises
+        # the minimal HTTP functionality in xmlrpclib.
+        server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://time.xmlrpc.com/RPC2")
+        t0 = server.currentTime.getCurrentTime()
+
+        # Perform a minimal sanity check on the result, just to be sure
+        # the request means what we think it means.
+        t1 = xmlrpclib.DateTime()
+
+        dt0 = xmlrpclib._datetime_type(t0.value)
+        dt1 = xmlrpclib._datetime_type(t1.value)
+        if dt0 > dt1:
+            delta = dt0 - dt1
+        else:
+            delta = dt1 - dt0
+        # The difference between the system time here and the system
+        # time on the server should not be too big.
+        self.assert_(delta.days <= 1)
+
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.requires("network")
+    test_support.run_unittest(CurrentTimeTest)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()