diff --git a/tests/support.py b/tests/support.py
index 0cd757a6..5829fe78 100644
--- a/tests/support.py
+++ b/tests/support.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from shutil import rmtree
 
+from pelican.contents import Article
+
 
 @contextmanager
 def temporary_folder():
@@ -16,3 +17,10 @@ def temporary_folder():
     tempdir = mkdtemp()
     yield tempdir
     rmtree(tempdir)
+
+
+def get_article(title, slug, content, lang, extra_metadata=None):
+    metadata = {'slug': slug, 'title': title, 'lang': lang}
+    if extra_metadata is not None:
+        metadata.update(extra_metadata)
+    return Article(content, metadata=metadata)
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9654825e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+try:
+    import unittest2 as unittest
+except ImportError:
+    import unittest  # NOQA
+import datetime
+
+from pelican import utils
+from pelican.contents import Article
+
+from support import get_article
+
+
+class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_get_date(self):
+        # valid ones
+        date = datetime.datetime(year=2012, month=11, day=22)
+        date_hour = datetime.datetime(year=2012, month=11, day=22, hour=22,
+                                      minute=11)
+        date_hour_sec = datetime.datetime(year=2012, month=11, day=22, hour=22,
+                                          minute=11, second=10)
+        dates = {'2012-11-22': date,
+                 '2012/11/22': date,
+                 '2012-11-22 22:11': date_hour,
+                 '2012/11/22 22:11': date_hour,
+                 '22-11-2012': date,
+                 '22/11/2012': date,
+                 '22.11.2012': date,
+                 '2012-22-11': date,
+                 '22.11.2012 22:11': date_hour,
+                 '2012-11-22 22:11:10': date_hour_sec}
+
+        for value, expected in dates.items():
+            self.assertEquals(utils.get_date(value), expected, value)
+
+        # invalid ones
+        invalid_dates = ('2010-110-12', 'yay')
+        for item in invalid_dates:
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, utils.get_date, item)
+
+    def test_slugify(self):
+
+        samples = (('this is a test', 'this-is-a-test'),
+                   ('this        is a test', 'this-is-a-test'),
+                   (u'this → is ← a ↑ test', 'this-is-a-test'),
+                   ('this--is---a test', 'this-is-a-test'))
+
+        for value, expected in samples:
+            self.assertEquals(utils.slugify(value), expected)
+
+    def test_get_relative_path(self):
+
+        samples = (('/test/test', '../../.'),
+                   ('/test/test/', '../../../.'),
+                   ('/', '../.'))
+
+        for value, expected in samples:
+            self.assertEquals(utils.get_relative_path(value), expected)
+
+    def test_process_translations(self):
+        # create a bunch of articles
+        fr_article1 = get_article(lang='fr', slug='yay', title='Un titre',
+                                  content='en français')
+        en_article1 = get_article(lang='en', slug='yay', title='A title',
+                                  content='in english')
+
+        articles = [fr_article1, en_article1]
+
+        index, trans = utils.process_translations(articles)
+
+        self.assertIn(en_article1, index)
+        self.assertIn(fr_article1, trans)
+        self.assertNotIn(en_article1, trans)
+        self.assertNotIn(fr_article1, index)