diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates_test.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates_test.go
index d65a3df..a0aed7a 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates_test.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"snippetbox.chaosfem.tw/internal/assert"
 )
 
 func TestHumanDate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -26,16 +28,11 @@ func TestHumanDate(t *testing.T) {
 			tm:   time.Date(2023, 3, 17, 10, 15, 0, 0, time.FixedZone("CET", 1*60*60)),
 			want: "17 Mar 2023 at 09:15",
 		},
-
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			hd := humanDate(tt.tm)
-
-			if hd != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("got %q; want %q", hd, tt.want)
-			}
+			assert.Equal(t, humanDate(tt.tm), tt.want)
 		})
 
 	}
diff --git a/snippetbox/internal/assert/assert.go b/snippetbox/internal/assert/assert.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe81eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippetbox/internal/assert/assert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package assert
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Equal[T comparable](t *testing.T, actual, expected T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if actual != expected {
+		t.Errorf("got %v; want %v", actual, expected)
+	}
+}