diff --git a/db_test.go b/db_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6b6731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package litestream_test
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/benbjohnson/litestream"
+)
+
+// Ensure we can check the last modified time of the real database and its WAL.
+func TestDB_UpdatedAt(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("ErrNotExist", func(t *testing.T) {
+		db := MustOpenDB(t)
+		defer MustCloseDB(t, db)
+		if _, err := db.UpdatedAt(); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %#v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("DB", func(t *testing.T) {
+		db, sqldb := MustOpenDBs(t)
+		defer MustCloseDBs(t, db, sqldb)
+
+		if t0, err := db.UpdatedAt(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		} else if time.Since(t0) > 10*time.Second {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected updated at time: %s", t0)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("WAL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		db, sqldb := MustOpenDBs(t)
+		defer MustCloseDBs(t, db, sqldb)
+
+		t0, err := db.UpdatedAt()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := sqldb.Exec(`CREATE TABLE t (id INT);`); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if t1, err := db.UpdatedAt(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		} else if !t1.After(t0) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected newer updated at time: %s > %s", t1, t0)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// MustOpenDBs returns a new instance of a DB & associated SQL DB.
+func MustOpenDBs(tb testing.TB) (*litestream.DB, *sql.DB) {
+	db := MustOpenDB(tb)
+	return db, MustOpenSQLDB(tb, db.Path())
+}
+
+// MustCloseDBs closes db & sqldb and removes the parent directory.
+func MustCloseDBs(tb testing.TB, db *litestream.DB, sqldb *sql.DB) {
+	MustCloseDB(tb, db)
+	MustCloseSQLDB(tb, sqldb)
+}
+
+// MustOpenDB returns a new instance of a DB.
+func MustOpenDB(tb testing.TB) *litestream.DB {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	dir := tb.TempDir()
+	db := litestream.NewDB(filepath.Join(dir, "db"))
+	if err := db.Open(); err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return db
+}
+
+// MustCloseDB closes db and removes its parent directory.
+func MustCloseDB(tb testing.TB, db *litestream.DB) {
+	tb.Helper()
+	if err := db.Close(); err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	} else if err := os.RemoveAll(filepath.Dir(db.Path())); err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+// MustOpenSQLDB returns a database/sql DB.
+func MustOpenSQLDB(tb testing.TB, path string) *sql.DB {
+	tb.Helper()
+	d, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	} else if _, err := d.Exec(`PRAGMA journal_mode = wal;`); err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+// MustCloseSQLDB closes a database/sql DB.
+func MustCloseSQLDB(tb testing.TB, d *sql.DB) {
+	tb.Helper()
+	if err := d.Close(); err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/litestream.go b/litestream.go
index 8b4d8a4..828b94f 100644
--- a/litestream.go
+++ b/litestream.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -256,41 +255,6 @@ func (r *gzipReadCloser) Close() error {
 	return r.closer.Close()
 }
 
-// HexDump returns hexdump output but with duplicate lines removed.
-func HexDump(b []byte) string {
-	const prefixN = len("00000000")
-
-	var output []string
-	var prev string
-	var ellipsis bool
-
-	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(hex.Dump(b)), "\n")
-	for i, line := range lines {
-		// Add line to output if it is not repeating or the last line.
-		if i == 0 || i == len(lines)-1 || trimPrefixN(line, prefixN) != trimPrefixN(prev, prefixN) {
-			output = append(output, line)
-			prev, ellipsis = line, false
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Add an ellipsis for the first duplicate line.
-		if !ellipsis {
-			output = append(output, "...")
-			ellipsis = true
-			continue
-		}
-	}
-
-	return strings.Join(output, "\n")
-}
-
-func trimPrefixN(s string, n int) string {
-	if len(s) < n {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return s[n:]
-}
-
 func assert(condition bool, message string) {
 	if !condition {
 		panic("assertion failed: " + message)