The usual
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py
index 5dbc895..03d081e 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py
@@ -1,21 +1,39 @@
-from test_support import verbose
-import timing
+import time
 
-r = range(100000)
-if verbose:
-    print 'starting...'
-timing.start()
-for i in r:
+time.altzone
+time.clock()
+t = time.time()
+time.asctime(time.gmtime(t))
+if time.ctime(t) <> time.asctime(time.localtime(t)):
+    print 'time.ctime(t) <> time.asctime(time.localtime(t))'
+
+time.daylight
+if long(time.mktime(time.localtime(t))) <> long(t):
+    print 'time.mktime(time.localtime(t)) <> t'
+
+time.sleep(1.2)
+tt = time.gmtime(t)
+for directive in ('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'H', 'I',
+                  'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S',
+                  'U', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'Z', '%'):
+    format = ' %' + directive
+    try:
+        time.strftime(format, tt)
+    except ValueError:
+        print 'conversion specifier:', format, ' failed.'
+
+time.timezone
+time.tzname
+
+# expected errors
+try:
+    time.asctime(0)
+except TypeError:
     pass
-timing.finish()
-if verbose:
-    print 'finished'
 
-secs = timing.seconds()
-milli = timing.milli()
-micro = timing.micro()
-
-if verbose:
-    print 'seconds:', secs
-    print 'milli  :', milli
-    print 'micro  :', micro
+try:
+    time.mktime((999999, 999999, 999999, 999999,
+                 999999, 999999, 999999, 999999,
+                 999999))
+except OverflowError:
+    pass