diff --git a/spec/key_spec.rb b/spec/key_spec.rb
index a92687b..fb9645b 100644
--- a/spec/key_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/key_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@ require "spec_helper"
 
 describe Redistat::Key do
   
+  before(:each) do
+    @scope = "PageViews"
+    @label = "/about/us"
+    @label_hash = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(@label)
+    @now = Time.now
+    @key = Redistat::Key.new(@scope, @label, @now, {:depth => :day})
+  end
   
+  it "should initialize new keys properly" do
+    @key.scope.should == @scope
+    @key.label.should be_instance_of(Redistat::Label)
+    @key.label.name.should == @label
+    @key.label.hash.should == @label_hash
+    @key.date.should be_instance_of(Redistat::Date)
+    @key.date.to_time.to_s.should == @now.to_s
+  end
+  
+  it "should convert to string properly" do
+    @key.to_s.should == "#{@scope}/#{@label_hash}:" + [:year, :month, :day].map { |k| @now.send(k).to_s.rjust(2, '0') }.join
+    props = [:year, :month, :day, :hour, :min, :sec]
+    props.each do
+      @key.to_s(props.last).should == "#{@scope}/#{@label_hash}:" + props.map { |k| @now.send(k).to_s.rjust(2, '0') if !k.nil? }.join
+      props.pop
+    end
+  end
   
 end
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