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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use lib qw(t/lib);
+use DBICTest;
+
+my $schema = DBICTest->init_schema();
+
+eval { require DateTime::Format::SQLite };
+plan $@
+ ? ( skip_all => "Need DateTime::Format::SQLite for DT inflation tests" )
+ : ( tests => 18 )
+;
+
+# inflation test
+my $event = $schema->resultset("Event")->find(1);
+
+isa_ok($event->starts_at, 'DateTime', 'DateTime returned');
+
+# klunky, but makes older Test::More installs happy
+my $starts = $event->starts_at;
+is("$starts", '2006-04-25T22:24:33', 'Correct date/time');
+
+TODO: {
+ local $TODO = "We can't do this yet before 0.09" if DBIx::Class->VERSION < 0.09;
+
+ ok(my $row =
+ $schema->resultset('Event')->search({ starts_at => $starts })->single);
+ is(eval { $row->id }, 1, 'DT in search');
+
+ ok($row =
+ $schema->resultset('Event')->search({ starts_at => { '>=' => $starts } })->single);
+ is(eval { $row->id }, 1, 'DT in search with condition');
+}
+
+# create using DateTime
+my $created = $schema->resultset('Event')->create({
+ starts_at => DateTime->new(year=>2006, month=>6, day=>18),
+ created_on => DateTime->new(year=>2006, month=>6, day=>23)
+});
+my $created_start = $created->starts_at;
+
+isa_ok($created->starts_at, 'DateTime', 'DateTime returned');
+is("$created_start", '2006-06-18T00:00:00', 'Correct date/time');
+
+## timestamp field
+isa_ok($event->created_on, 'DateTime', 'DateTime returned');
+
+## varchar fields
+isa_ok($event->varchar_date, 'DateTime', 'DateTime returned');
+isa_ok($event->varchar_datetime, 'DateTime', 'DateTime returned');
+
+## skip inflation field
+isnt(ref($event->skip_inflation), 'DateTime', 'No DateTime returned for skip inflation column');
+
+# klunky, but makes older Test::More installs happy
+my $createo = $event->created_on;
+is("$createo", '2006-06-22T21:00:05', 'Correct date/time');
+
+my $created_cron = $created->created_on;
+
+isa_ok($created->created_on, 'DateTime', 'DateTime returned');
+is("$created_cron", '2006-06-23T00:00:00', 'Correct date/time');
+
+## varchar field using inflate_date => 1
+my $varchar_date = $event->varchar_date;
+is("$varchar_date", '2006-07-23T00:00:00', 'Correct date/time');
+
+## varchar field using inflate_datetime => 1
+my $varchar_datetime = $event->varchar_datetime;
+is("$varchar_datetime", '2006-05-22T19:05:07', 'Correct date/time');
+
+## skip inflation field
+my $skip_inflation = $event->skip_inflation;
+is ("$skip_inflation", '2006-04-21 18:04:06', 'Correct date/time');