diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Sibi Prabakaran (c) 2017
+
+All rights reserved.
+
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+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# hourglass-orphans
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/psibi/hourglass-orphans.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/psibi/hourglass-orphans)
+
+Orphan Aeson instances to hourglass
+
+
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/hourglass-orphans.cabal b/hourglass-orphans.cabal
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+name:                hourglass-orphans
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Orphan Aeson instances to hourglass
+description:         Orphan Aeson instances to hourglass
+homepage:            https://github.com/psibi/hourglass-orphans#readme
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Sibi Prabakaran
+maintainer:          sibi@psibi.in
+copyright:           2017 Sibi
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Data.Hourglass.Types.Orphans
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5,
+                       hourglass,
+                       aeson
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite hourglass-orphans-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , hourglass-orphans
+                     , hspec >= 2.1 && < 3
+                     , aeson
+                     , hspec-expectations
+                     , hourglass
+                     , text
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/psibi/hourglass-orphans
diff --git a/src/Data/Hourglass/Types/Orphans.hs b/src/Data/Hourglass/Types/Orphans.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Data.Hourglass.Types.Orphans
+  ( 
+   -- * Re-exports
+   module Data.Hourglass.Types
+  ) where
+
+import Data.Hourglass.Types
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Aeson.TH
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>), (<*>))
+import Data.Monoid (mempty)
+#endif
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''Month
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''WeekDay
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''NanoSeconds
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''Seconds
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''Minutes
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''Hours
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''TimezoneOffset
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''Elapsed
+
+instance ToJSON ElapsedP where
+  toJSON (ElapsedP e n) =
+    object ["seconds" .= toJSON e, "nanoseconds" .= toJSON n]
+
+instance FromJSON ElapsedP where
+  parseJSON (Object v) = ElapsedP <$> (v .: "seconds") <*> (v .: "nanoseconds")
+  parseJSON _ = mempty
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''Date
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''TimeOfDay
+
+deriveJSON defaultOptions ''DateTime
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+import Data.Hourglass.Types.Orphans
+import Data.Aeson.Types
+import Test.Hspec
+import Data.Hourglass.Types
+import Data.Text
+
+main :: IO ()
+main =
+  hspec $
+  do describe "Month instance" $
+       do it "January" $
+            do let x = January :: Month
+               toJSON x `shouldBe` (String "January")
+          it "December" $
+            do let x = December :: Month
+               toJSON x `shouldBe` (String "December")
+     describe "Weekday instance" $
+       do it "Sunday" $
+            do let x = Sunday :: WeekDay
+               toJSON x `shouldBe` (String "Sunday")
+          it "Friday" $
+            do let x = Friday :: WeekDay
+               toJSON x `shouldBe` (String "Friday")
+     describe "NanoSeconds" $
+       do it "90000" $
+            do let x = NanoSeconds 90000
+               toJSON x `shouldBe` (Number 90000.0)
+     describe "Elapsed" $
+       do it "sample 1" $
+            do let x = Elapsed 500
+               toJSON x `shouldBe` (Number 500.0)
+     describe "Date" $
+       do it "sample 1" $
+            do let x =
+                     Date
+                     { dateYear = 2000
+                     , dateMonth = January
+                     , dateDay = 3
+                     }
+               toJSON x `shouldBe`
+                 object
+                   [ ("dateMonth", String "January")
+                   , ("dateDay", Number 3.0)
+                   , ("dateYear", Number 2000.0)
+                   ]