Remove this test to verify that things were modified since a certain time. That assumption doesn't hold up when your environment doesn't have access to a real clock and thinks it's living in 1970 :) --- a/tests/test_fileapp.py 2015-04-23 13:48:37.000000000 -0700 +++ b/tests/test_fileapp.py 2016-02-22 19:20:08.332802417 -0800 @@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ status=304) res = app.get('/', headers={'If-None-Match': 'asdf'}, status=200) - res = app.get('/', headers={'If-Modified-Since': 'Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:00:00 GMT'}, - status=200) res = app.get('/', headers={'If-Modified-Since': last_mod + '; length=100'}, status=304) res = app.get('/', headers={'If-Modified-Since': 'invalid date'},