diff --git a/src/tests/due.t b/src/tests/due.t
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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 14;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'due.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "due=4\n",
+            "color=on\n",
+            "color.due=red\n",
+            "_forcecolor=on\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'due.rc', 'Created due.rc');
+}
+
+# Add a task that is almost due, and one that is just due.
+my ($d, $m, $y) = (localtime (time + 3 * 86_400))[3..5];
+my $just = sprintf ("%d/%02d/%d", $m + 1, $d, $y + 1900);
+
+($d, $m, $y) = (localtime (time + 5 * 86_400))[3..5];
+my $almost = sprintf ("%d/%02d/%d", $m + 1, $d, $y + 1900);
+
+qx{../task rc:due.rc add one due:$just};
+qx{../task rc:due.rc add two due:$almost};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:due.rc list};
+like ($output, qr/\[31m.+$just.+\[0m/, 'one marked due');
+like ($output, qr/\s+$almost\s+/, 'two not marked due');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'due.rc';
+ok (!-r 'due.rc', 'Removed due.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/overdue.t b/src/tests/overdue.t
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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'due.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "due=4\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'due.rc', 'Created due.rc');
+}
+
+# Add an overdue task, a due task, and a regular task.  The "overdue" report
+# should list only the one task.
+qx{../task rc:due.rc add due:yesterday one};
+qx{../task rc:due.rc add due:tomorrow two};
+qx{../task rc:due.rc add due:eoy three};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:due.rc overdue};
+like   ($output, qr/one/,   'overdue: task 1 shows up');
+unlike ($output, qr/two/,   'overdue: task 2 does not show up');
+unlike ($output, qr/three/, 'overdue: task 3 does not show up');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'due.rc';
+ok (!-r 'due.rc', 'Removed due.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+