diff --git a/platform/features/timeline/test/actions/IdColumnSpec.js b/platform/features/timeline/test/actions/IdColumnSpec.js
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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT Web, Copyright (c) 2009-2015, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*global define,describe,it,expect,beforeEach,waitsFor,jasmine,window,afterEach*/
+
+define(
+    ['../../src/actions/IdColumn'],
+    function (IdColumn) {
+        describe("IdColumn", function () {
+            var column;
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                column = new IdColumn();
+            });
+
+            it("has a name", function () {
+                expect(column.name()).toEqual(jasmine.any(String));
+            });
+
+            describe("value", function () {
+                var mockDomainObject,
+                    testId;
+
+                beforeEach(function () {
+                    testId = "foo";
+                    mockDomainObject = jasmine.createSpyObj(
+                        'domainObject',
+                        [ 'getId', 'getModel', 'getCapability' ]
+                    );
+                    mockDomainObject.getId.andReturn(testId);
+                });
+
+                it("provides a domain object's identifier", function () {
+                    expect(column.value(mockDomainObject))
+                        .toEqual(testId);
+                });
+            });
+
+        });
+    }
+);
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diff --git a/platform/features/timeline/test/actions/TimespanColumnSpec.js b/platform/features/timeline/test/actions/TimespanColumnSpec.js
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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT Web, Copyright (c) 2009-2015, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*global define,describe,it,expect,beforeEach,waitsFor,jasmine,window,afterEach*/
+
+define(
+    ['../../src/actions/TimespanColumn', '../../src/TimelineFormatter'],
+    function (TimespanColumn, TimelineFormatter) {
+        describe("TimespanColumn", function () {
+            var testTimes,
+                mockTimespan,
+                mockDomainObject,
+                column;
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                testTimes = {
+                    start: 101000,
+                    end: 987654321
+                };
+                mockTimespan = jasmine.createSpyObj(
+                    'timespan',
+                    [ 'getStart', 'getEnd' ]
+                );
+                mockDomainObject = jasmine.createSpyObj(
+                    'domainObject',
+                    [ 'useCapability', 'hasCapability' ]
+                );
+                mockTimespan.getStart.andReturn(testTimes.start);
+                mockTimespan.getEnd.andReturn(testTimes.end);
+                mockDomainObject.useCapability.andCallFake(function (c) {
+                    return c === 'timespan' && Promise.resolve(mockTimespan);
+                });
+                mockDomainObject.hasCapability.andCallFake(function (c) {
+                    return c === 'timespan';
+                });
+            });
+
+            [ "start", "end" ].forEach(function (bound) {
+                describe("when referring to " + bound + " times", function () {
+                    var name = bound.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + bound.slice(1);
+
+                    beforeEach(function () {
+                        column = new TimespanColumn(bound === "start");
+                    });
+
+                    it("is named \"" + name + "\"", function () {
+                        expect(column.name()).toEqual(name);
+                    });
+
+                    describe("value", function () {
+                        var testFormatter,
+                            value;
+
+                        beforeEach(function () {
+                            value = undefined;
+                            testFormatter = new TimelineFormatter();
+                            column.value(mockDomainObject).then(function (v) {
+                                value = v;
+                            });
+                            waitsFor(function () {
+                                return value !== undefined;
+                            });
+                        });
+
+                        it("returns a formatted " + bound + " time", function () {
+                            var expected =
+                                testFormatter.format(testTimes[bound]);
+                            expect(value).toEqual(expected);
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+            });
+
+        });
+    }
+);
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