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+<?php
+
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Objects\IcingaTimePeriodRange;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Objects\IcingaTimePeriodRanges;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Objects\IcingaTimePeriod;
+use Icinga\Test\BaseTestCase;
+use Icinga\Application\Config;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Db;
+
+Icinga\Application\Config::$configDir = '/etc/icingaweb2';
+
+/**
+ * $ icingacli test php unit /usr/local/icingaweb-modules/director
+ */
+class TimePeriodRangesTest extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    public function testFoo()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', 'foo');
+    }
+
+    public function getDb()
+    {
+        $resourceName = Config::module('director')->get('db', 'resource');
+        $db = Db::fromResourceName($resourceName);
+
+        return $db;
+    }
+
+    public function prepare()
+    {
+        $db = $this->getDb();
+        $object = IcingaTimePeriod::load(1, $db);
+        $ranges = $object->ranges();
+
+        $newRanges = array(
+            'monday'    => '00:00-24:00',
+            'tuesday'   => '00:00-24:00',
+            'wednesday' => '00:00-24:00',
+        );
+
+        $ranges->set($newRanges);
+        $ranges->store();
+
+        return $ranges;
+    }
+
+    public function reload()
+    {
+        $db = $this->getDb();
+        $object = IcingaTimePeriod::load(1, $db);
+        $ranges = $object->ranges();
+
+        return $ranges;
+    }
+
+    public function testUpdate()
+    {
+        $ranges = $this->prepare();
+
+        $newRanges = array(
+            'monday'    => '00:00-24:00',
+            'tuesday'   => '18:00-24:00',
+            'wednesday' => '00:00-24:00',
+        );
+
+        $ranges->set($newRanges);
+        $ranges->store();
+
+        $reloaded = $this->reload();
+        $newValue = $reloaded->get('tuesday')->timeperiod_value;
+
+        $this->assertEquals('18:00-24:00', $newValue);
+    }
+}