diff --git a/src/offset/local/mod.rs b/src/offset/local/mod.rs
index 5a546de9..0024cf0c 100644
--- a/src/offset/local/mod.rs
+++ b/src/offset/local/mod.rs
@@ -173,83 +173,7 @@ impl TimeZone for Local {
 mod tests {
     use super::Local;
     use crate::offset::TimeZone;
-    use crate::{Datelike, Duration, NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, Timelike};
-
-    use std::{path, process};
-
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    fn verify_against_date_command_local(path: &'static str, dt: NaiveDateTime) {
-        let output = process::Command::new(path)
-            .arg("-d")
-            .arg(format!("{}-{:02}-{:02} {:02}:05:01", dt.year(), dt.month(), dt.day(), dt.hour()))
-            .arg("+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %:z")
-            .output()
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let date_command_str = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
-
-        // The below would be preferred. At this stage neither earliest() or latest()
-        // seems to be consistent with the output of the `date` command, so we simply
-        // compare both.
-        // let local = Local
-        //     .from_local_datetime(&NaiveDate::from_ymd(year, month, day).and_hms(hour, 5, 1))
-        //     // looks like the "date" command always returns a given time when it is ambiguous
-        //     .earliest();
-
-        // if let Some(local) = local {
-        //     assert_eq!(format!("{}\n", local), date_command_str);
-        // } else {
-        //     // we are in a "Spring forward gap" due to DST, and so date also returns ""
-        //     assert_eq!("", date_command_str);
-        // }
-
-        // This is used while a decision is made wheter the `date` output needs to
-        // be exactly matched, or whether LocalResult::Ambigious should be handled
-        // differently
-        match Local.from_local_datetime(
-            &NaiveDate::from_ymd(dt.year(), dt.month(), dt.day()).and_hms(dt.hour(), 5, 1),
-        ) {
-            crate::LocalResult::Ambiguous(a, b) => {
-                assert!(
-                    format!("{}\n", a) == date_command_str
-                        || format!("{}\n", b) == date_command_str
-                )
-            }
-            crate::LocalResult::Single(a) => {
-                assert_eq!(format!("{}\n", a), date_command_str);
-            }
-            crate::LocalResult::None => {
-                assert_eq!("", date_command_str);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    fn try_verify_against_date_command() {
-        let date_path = "/usr/bin/date";
-
-        if !path::Path::new(date_path).exists() {
-            // date command not found, skipping
-            // avoid running this on macOS, which has path /bin/date
-            // as the required CLI arguments are not present in the
-            // macOS build.
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let mut date = NaiveDate::from_ymd(1975, 1, 1).and_hms(0, 0, 0);
-
-        while date.year() < 2078 {
-            if (1975..=1977).contains(&date.year())
-                || (2020..=2022).contains(&date.year())
-                || (2073..=2077).contains(&date.year())
-            {
-                verify_against_date_command_local(date_path, date);
-            }
-
-            date += crate::Duration::hours(1);
-        }
-    }
+    use crate::{Datelike, Duration};
 
     #[test]
     fn verify_correct_offsets() {
diff --git a/tests/dateutils.rs b/tests/dateutils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2d3aaf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dateutils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use chrono::offset::TimeZone;
+use chrono::Local;
+use chrono::{Datelike, NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, Timelike};
+
+use std::{path, process};
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn verify_against_date_command_local(path: &'static str, dt: NaiveDateTime) {
+    let output = process::Command::new(path)
+        .arg("-d")
+        .arg(format!("{}-{:02}-{:02} {:02}:05:01", dt.year(), dt.month(), dt.day(), dt.hour()))
+        .arg("+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %:z")
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let date_command_str = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
+
+    // The below would be preferred. At this stage neither earliest() or latest()
+    // seems to be consistent with the output of the `date` command, so we simply
+    // compare both.
+    // let local = Local
+    //     .from_local_datetime(&NaiveDate::from_ymd(year, month, day).and_hms(hour, 5, 1))
+    //     // looks like the "date" command always returns a given time when it is ambiguous
+    //     .earliest();
+
+    // if let Some(local) = local {
+    //     assert_eq!(format!("{}\n", local), date_command_str);
+    // } else {
+    //     // we are in a "Spring forward gap" due to DST, and so date also returns ""
+    //     assert_eq!("", date_command_str);
+    // }
+
+    // This is used while a decision is made wheter the `date` output needs to
+    // be exactly matched, or whether LocalResult::Ambigious should be handled
+    // differently
+    match Local.from_local_datetime(&NaiveDate::from_ymd(dt.year(), dt.month(), dt.day()).and_hms(
+        dt.hour(),
+        5,
+        1,
+    )) {
+        chrono::LocalResult::Ambiguous(a, b) => assert!(
+            format!("{}\n", a) == date_command_str || format!("{}\n", b) == date_command_str
+        ),
+        chrono::LocalResult::Single(a) => {
+            assert_eq!(format!("{}\n", a), date_command_str);
+        }
+        chrono::LocalResult::None => {
+            assert_eq!("", date_command_str);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn try_verify_against_date_command() {
+    let date_path = "/usr/bin/date";
+
+    if !path::Path::new(date_path).exists() {
+        // date command not found, skipping
+        // avoid running this on macOS, which has path /bin/date
+        // as the required CLI arguments are not present in the
+        // macOS build.
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let mut date = NaiveDate::from_ymd(1975, 1, 1).and_hms(0, 0, 0);
+
+    while date.year() < 2078 {
+        if (1975..=1977).contains(&date.year())
+            || (2020..=2022).contains(&date.year())
+            || (2073..=2077).contains(&date.year())
+        {
+            verify_against_date_command_local(date_path, date);
+        }
+
+        date += chrono::Duration::hours(1);
+    }
+}