diff --git a/FitNesseRoot/HttpTestSuite/ResponseTestSuite/PartialContent/content.txt b/FitNesseRoot/HttpTestSuite/ResponseTestSuite/PartialContent/content.txt
index ed90199..674f5a6 100644
--- a/FitNesseRoot/HttpTestSuite/ResponseTestSuite/PartialContent/content.txt
+++ b/FitNesseRoot/HttpTestSuite/ResponseTestSuite/PartialContent/content.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 |get     |/partial_content.txt          |range start               |0   |range end|4    |
 |ensure  |response code equals          |206                                            |
 |ensure  |body has partial file contents|public/partial_content.txt|from|0        |to|4 |
+|ensure  |response has date                                                             |
 |get     |/partial_content.txt          |range start               |    |range end|6    |
 |ensure  |response code equals          |206                                            |
 |ensure  |body has partial file contents|public/partial_content.txt|from|71       |to|76|
 |get     |/partial_content.txt          |range start               |4   |range end|     |
 |ensure  |response code equals          |206                                            |
 |ensure  |body has partial file contents|public/partial_content.txt|from|4        |to|76|
+|ensure  |response has date                                                             |
diff --git a/src/main/java/HttpBrowser.java b/src/main/java/HttpBrowser.java
index 783609f..83a0342 100644
--- a/src/main/java/HttpBrowser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/HttpBrowser.java
@@ -209,4 +209,9 @@ private void storeResponseInfoFrom(HttpResponse response) throws IOException {
     private String latestResponseContentAsString() {
         return new String(latestResponseContent);
     }
+
+    public boolean responseHasDate() {
+        Header responseDate = response.getFirstHeader(HttpHeaders.DATE);
+        return (responseDate != null) && !("".equals(responseDate.getValue()));
+    }
 }