Index: web_example/static/src/tests/timer.js
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--- web_example.orig/static/src/tests/timer.js
+++ web_example/static/src/tests/timer.js
@@ -71,4 +71,23 @@ openerp.testing.section('timer', functio
         strictEqual($lis[0].textContent, '11:34:36');
         strictEqual($lis[1].textContent, '23:21:32');
     });
+    test('start', {templates: true, rpc: 'mock', asserts: 3}, function (instance, $fixture, mock) {
+        // Rather odd-looking shortcut for search+read in a single RPC call
+        mock('/web/dataset/search_read', function () {
+            // ignore parameters, just return a pair of records.
+            return {records: [
+                {time: 22733958},
+                {time: 84092336}
+            ]};
+        });
+
+        var w = new instance.web_example.Action();
+        return w.appendTo($fixture)
+        .then(function () {
+            var $lis = $fixture.find('li');
+            strictEqual($lis.length, 2);
+            strictEqual($lis[0].textContent, '06:18:53');
+            strictEqual($lis[1].textContent, '23:21:32');
+        });
+    });
 });