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+// The MIT License (MIT)
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2015, 2016 Howard Hinnant
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+
+#include "date.h"
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+using fortnights = std::chrono::duration<date::weeks::rep,
+                                         std::ratio_multiply<std::ratio<2>,
+                                                             date::weeks::period>>;
+
+using microfortnights = std::chrono::duration<std::int64_t,
+                                              std::ratio_multiply<fortnights::period,
+                                                                  std::micro>>;
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+int
+main()
+{
+    using namespace date;
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    std::ostringstream os;
+    os << format("%F %T", sys_days{jan/1/year::min()});
+    assert(os.str() == "-32768-01-01 00:00:00");
+    os.str("");
+    os << format("%F %T", sys_days{dec/last/year::max()});
+    assert(os.str() == "32767-12-31 00:00:00");
+    os.str("");
+    os << format("%F %T", sys_days{dec/last/year::max()} + hours{23} + minutes{59} +
+                                                  seconds{59} + microseconds{999999});
+    assert(os.str() == "32767-12-31 23:59:59.999999");
+    os.str("");
+
+    os << format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", sys_days{jan/1/year::min()});
+    assert(os.str() == "-32768-01-01 00:00:00");
+    os.str("");
+    os << format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", sys_days{dec/last/year::max()});
+    assert(os.str() == "32767-12-31 00:00:00");
+    os.str("");
+    os << format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", sys_days{dec/last/year::max()} + hours{23} +
+                                        minutes{59} + seconds{59} + microseconds{999999});
+    assert(os.str() == "32767-12-31 23:59:59.999999");
+    os.str("");
+
+    os << format("%F %T", sys_days{jan/1/year::min()} + microfortnights{1});
+    assert(os.str() == "-32768-01-01 00:00:01.2096");
+    os.str("");
+    os << format("%F %T", sys_days{dec/last/year::max()} + microfortnights{1});
+    assert(os.str() == "32767-12-31 00:00:01.2096");
+    os.str("");
+    os.str("");
+}