diff --git a/tests/create_future_writes.sh b/tests/create_future_writes.sh
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+now=$(date '+%FT%T.000Z')
+tomorrow=$(date -v +1d '+%FT%T.000Z')
+
+echo "creating database"
+curl -G http://localhost:8086/query --data-urlencode "q=CREATE DATABASE foo"
+
+echo "creating retention policy"
+curl -G http://localhost:8086/query --data-urlencode "q=CREATE RETENTION POLICY bar ON foo DURATION INF REPLICATION 1 DEFAULT"
+
+echo "inserting data"
+curl -d "{\"database\" : \"foo\", \"retentionPolicy\" : \"bar\", \"points\": [{\"name\": \"cpu\", \"tags\": {\"region\":\"uswest\",\"host\": \"server01\"},\"timestamp\": \"$now\",\"fields\": {\"value\": 100}}]}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8086/write
+
+echo "inserting data"
+curl -d "{\"database\" : \"foo\", \"retentionPolicy\" : \"bar\", \"points\": [{\"name\": \"cpu\", \"tags\": {\"region\":\"uswest\",\"host\": \"server01\"},\"timestamp\": \"$tomorrow\",\"fields\": {\"value\": 200}}]}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8086/write
+
+sleep 1
+
+echo "querying data"
+curl -G http://localhost:8086/query --data-urlencode "db=foo" --data-urlencode "q=SELECT count(value) FROM \"foo\".\"bar\".cpu"
+
+echo "querying data"
+curl -G http://localhost:8086/query --data-urlencode "db=foo" --data-urlencode "q=SELECT count(value) FROM \"foo\".\"bar\".cpu where time < now() + 10d"