diff --git a/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js b/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js
index 7347ff2658..55879a2f5c 100644
--- a/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js
+++ b/test/components/structures/MessagePanel-test.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
         DMRoomMap.makeShared();
     });
 
-    afterEach(function() {
+    afterEach(function () {
         clock.uninstall();
     });
 
@@ -88,7 +88,21 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
             events.push(test_utils.mkMessage(
                 {
                     event: true, room: "!room:id", user: "@user:id",
-                    ts: ts0 + i*1000,
+                    ts: ts0 + i * 1000,
+                }));
+        }
+        return events;
+    }
+
+    //Just to avoid breaking Dateseparator tests that might run at 00hrs
+    function mkOneDayEvents() {
+        const events = [];
+        const ts0 = Date.parse('09 May 2004 00:12:00 GMT');
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            events.push(test_utils.mkMessage(
+                {
+                    event: true, room: "!room:id", user: "@user:id",
+                    ts: ts0 + i * 1000,
                 }));
         }
         return events;
@@ -104,7 +118,7 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
         let i = 0;
         events.push(test_utils.mkMessage({
             event: true, room: "!room:id", user: "@user:id",
-            ts: ts0 + ++i*1000,
+            ts: ts0 + ++i * 1000,
         }));
 
         for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
@@ -151,7 +165,7 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
                     },
                     getMxcAvatarUrl: () => 'mxc://avatar.url/image.png',
                 },
-                ts: ts0 + i*1000,
+                ts: ts0 + i * 1000,
                 mship: 'join',
                 prevMship: 'join',
                 name: 'A user',
@@ -251,6 +265,33 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
         ];
     }
 
+    //Create a few redacted events 
+    //isRedacted just checks the redacted_because   
+    function mkRedactionEvents() {
+        const events = [];
+        const ts0 = Date.now();
+        let i=0
+            
+            let redaction = test_utils.mkEvent({
+                type: "m.room.redaction",
+                event: true, room: "!room:id", user: "@user:id",     ts: ts0 + ++i * 1000 ,
+                content: {},
+            });
+            let event =test_utils.mkRedactedEvent({
+                type: "m.room.message",
+                event: true, room: "!room:id", user: "@user:id",
+                ts: ts0 + i * 1000 ,
+              //  redacted_because: redaction This is not working at the moment
+            })
+            redaction.redacts = event.event_id;
+            
+            events.push(event);
+            events.push(redaction);
+
+            return events;
+ 
+        }
+          
     function isReadMarkerVisible(rmContainer) {
         return rmContainer && rmContainer.children.length > 0;
     }
@@ -437,4 +478,34 @@ describe('MessagePanel', function() {
         // read marker should be hidden given props and at the last event
         expect(isReadMarkerVisible(rm)).toBeFalsy();
     });
+
+    it('should render Date separators for the events', function () {
+        const events = mkOneDayEvents()
+        const res = mount(
+            <WrappedMessagePanel
+                className="cls"
+                events={events}
+            />,
+        );
+        const Dates = res.find(sdk.getComponent('messages.DateSeparator'));
+       
+        expect(Dates.length).toEqual(1);
+      
+    
+        })
+
+    it('should render only one Date separator for redacted events', function () {
+    const events = mkRedactionEvents()
+    const res = mount(
+        <WrappedMessagePanel
+            className="cls"
+            events={events}
+        />,
+    );
+    const Dates = res.find(sdk.getComponent('messages.DateSeparator'));
+   
+    expect(Dates.length).toEqual(1);
+  
+
+    })
 });
diff --git a/test/test-utils.js b/test/test-utils.js
index d259fcb95f..4d31241624 100644
--- a/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/test/test-utils.js
@@ -202,6 +202,39 @@ export function mkMessage(opts) {
     return mkEvent(opts);
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Create an Redacted Event.
+ * @param {Object} opts Values for the event.
+ * @param {string} opts.type The event.type
+ * @param {string} opts.room The event.room_id
+ * @param {string} opts.user The event.user_id
+ * @param {string} opts.skey Optional. The state key (auto inserts empty string)
+ * @param {Number} opts.ts   Optional. Timestamp for the event
+ * @param {Object} opts.content The event.content
+ * @param {boolean} opts.event True to make a MatrixEvent.
+ * @return {Object} a JSON object representing this event.
+ */
+ export function mkRedactedEvent(opts) {
+    if (!opts.type ) {
+        throw new Error("Missing .type =>" + JSON.stringify(opts));
+    }
+    const event = {
+        type: opts.type,
+        room_id: opts.room,
+        sender: opts.user,
+        content: {},
+        prev_content: opts.prev_content,
+        event_id: "$" + Math.random() + "-" + Math.random(),
+        origin_server_ts: opts.ts,
+        //isRedacted() only checks if redacted_because is true or not
+      //  unsigned :{redacted_because:opts.redacted_because} This is not working atm
+    };
+    //Might want to add the other parameters for generalized tests
+    return opts.event ? new MatrixEvent(event) : event;
+}
+
+
 export function mkStubRoom(roomId = null) {
     const stubTimeline = { getEvents: () => [] };
     return {