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+import test from 'ava';
+import tk from 'timekeeper';
+import isEqual from 'date-fns/is_equal';
+import expired from '../';
+
+test('headers can be passed in as an object', t => {
+	const date = new Date().toUTCString();
+	const headers = {
+		date: date,
+		age: 0,
+		'cache-control': `public, max-age=0`
+	};
+
+	tk.freeze(date);
+	t.true(isEqual(expired.on(headers), date));
+	tk.reset();
+});