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+// Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+import { delay } from "./delay.ts";
+import { assert } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
+
+Deno.test("[async] delay", async function (): Promise<void> {
+  const start = new Date();
+  const delayedPromise = delay(100);
+  const result = await delayedPromise;
+  const diff = new Date().getTime() - start.getTime();
+  assert(result === undefined);
+  assert(diff >= 100);
+});
+
+export {};