diff --git a/lib/date_format.js b/lib/date_format.js
index a41ec4c..bf36318 100644
--- a/lib/date_format.js
+++ b/lib/date_format.js
@@ -4,6 +4,37 @@ exports.ISO8601_WITH_TZ_OFFSET_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ssO";
 exports.DATETIME_FORMAT = "dd MM yyyy hh:mm:ss.SSS";
 exports.ABSOLUTETIME_FORMAT = "hh:mm:ss.SSS";
 
+function padWithZeros(vNumber, width) {
+  var numAsString = vNumber + "";
+  while (numAsString.length < width) {
+    numAsString = "0" + numAsString;
+  }
+  return numAsString;
+}
+  
+function addZero(vNumber) {
+  return padWithZeros(vNumber, 2);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Formats the TimeOffest
+ * Thanks to http://www.svendtofte.com/code/date_format/
+ * @private
+ */
+function offset(date) {
+  // Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours
+  var os = Math.abs(date.getTimezoneOffset());
+  var h = String(Math.floor(os/60));
+  var m = String(os%60);
+  if (h.length == 1) {
+    h = "0" + h;
+  }
+  if (m.length == 1) {
+    m = "0" + m;
+  }
+  return date.getTimezoneOffset() < 0 ? "+"+h+m : "-"+h+m;
+}
+
 exports.asString = function(/*format,*/ date) {
   var format = exports.ISO8601_FORMAT;
   if (typeof(date) === "string") {
@@ -32,34 +63,4 @@ exports.asString = function(/*format,*/ date) {
     .replace(/O/g, vTimeZone);
   return formatted;
 
-  function padWithZeros(vNumber, width) {
-    var numAsString = vNumber + "";
-    while (numAsString.length < width) {
-      numAsString = "0" + numAsString;
-    }
-    return numAsString;
-  }
-  
-  function addZero(vNumber) {
-    return padWithZeros(vNumber, 2);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Formats the TimeOffest
-   * Thanks to http://www.svendtofte.com/code/date_format/
-   * @private
-   */
-  function offset(date) {
-    // Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours
-    var os = Math.abs(date.getTimezoneOffset());
-    var h = String(Math.floor(os/60));
-    var m = String(os%60);
-    if (h.length == 1) {
-      h = "0" + h;
-    }
-    if (m.length == 1) {
-      m = "0" + m;
-    }
-    return date.getTimezoneOffset() < 0 ? "+"+h+m : "-"+h+m;
-  }
 };
diff --git a/test/date_format-test.js b/test/date_format-test.js
index 5f7f2ff..5026991 100644
--- a/test/date_format-test.js
+++ b/test/date_format-test.js
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ vows.describe('date_format').addBatch({
         dateFormat.asString(date),
         '2010-01-11 14:31:30.005'
       );
+    },
+/* this test will only pass in Australia (GMT+11) - javascript doesn't
+   provide a way to change or specify a Date's timezone
+    'should provide a ISO8601 with timezone offset format': function(date) {
+      assert.equal(
+        dateFormat.asString(dateFormat.ISO8601_WITH_TZ_OFFSET_FORMAT, date),
+        "2010-01-11T14:31:30+1100"
+      );
+    },
+*/
+    'should provide a just-the-time format': function(date) {
+      assert.equal(
+        dateFormat.asString(dateFormat.ABSOLUTETIME_FORMAT, date),
+        '14:31:30.005'
+      );
     }
   }
 }).export(module);