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+"""
+Unit tests for the messages application tasks.
+
+"""
+import datetime
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+from messages.models import Message, Options, Flag
+from messages.tasks import purge_messages
+
+
+class PurgeMessagesTaskTestCase(TestCase):
+    """Testing the purge messages celery task."""
+    fixtures = ['messages_test_users.json']
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        pj = User.objects.get(username='pj')
+        eddie = User.objects.get(username='eddie')
+        pm = Message(sender=pj,
+                     receiver=eddie,
+                     send_date=now,
+                     read_date=now,
+                     subject='Test',
+                     message='Message',
+                     sender_delete_date=now,
+                     receiver_delete_date=now)
+        pm.save()
+
+    def test_purge_command(self):
+        self.assertEqual(Message.objects.all().count(), 1)
+        task = purge_messages.s().apply()
+        self.assertEqual(Message.objects.all().count(), 0)