diff --git a/app/main/views/two_factor.py b/app/main/views/two_factor.py
index 26bc0ff10..20816a81c 100644
--- a/app/main/views/two_factor.py
+++ b/app/main/views/two_factor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import json
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from flask import (
     current_app,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ from app import user_api_client
 from app.main import main
 from app.main.forms import TwoFactorForm
 from app.models.user import User
-from app.utils import redirect_to_sign_in
+from app.utils import is_less_than_90_days_ago, redirect_to_sign_in
 
 
 @main.route('/two-factor-email-sent', methods=['GET'])
@@ -66,9 +65,7 @@ def two_factor():
     form = TwoFactorForm(_check_code)
 
     if form.validate_on_submit():
-        if (datetime.utcnow() - datetime.strptime(
-            user.email_access_validated_at, '%a, %d %b %Y %X %Z'
-        )).days < 90:
+        if is_less_than_90_days_ago(user.email_access_validated_at):
             return log_in_user(user_id)
         else:
             user_api_client.send_verify_code(user.id, 'email', None, request.args.get('next'))
diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index 54de4903d..e178c2dbb 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -676,3 +676,9 @@ def format_thousands(value):
     if value is None:
         return ''
     return value
+
+
+def is_less_than_90_days_ago(date_from_db):
+    return (datetime.utcnow() - datetime.strptime(
+        date_from_db, '%a, %d %b %Y %X %Z'
+    )).days < 90
diff --git a/tests/app/test_utils.py b/tests/app/test_utils.py
index 4de340324..ce87009cc 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_utils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from app.utils import (
     get_letter_printing_statement,
     get_letter_validation_error,
     get_logo_cdn_domain,
+    is_less_than_90_days_ago,
     printing_today_or_tomorrow,
 )
 from tests.conftest import fake_uuid
@@ -506,3 +507,12 @@ def test_get_letter_validation_error_for_known_errors(
     if summary.select_one('a'):
         assert summary.select_one('a')['href'] == url_for('.letter_spec')
         assert summary.select_one('a')['target'] == '_blank'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("date_from_db, expected_result", [
+    ('Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:28:25 GMT', True),
+    ('Sun, 16 Nov 2019 11:28:25 GMT', False),
+])
+@freeze_time('2020-02-14T12:00:00')
+def test_is_less_than_90_days_ago(date_from_db, expected_result):
+    assert is_less_than_90_days_ago(date_from_db) == expected_result