diff --git a/bench/README.md b/bench/README.md
index 697584a8..e6a68bf5 100644
--- a/bench/README.md
+++ b/bench/README.md
@@ -220,8 +220,10 @@ and deletes every browser.
   gone resolves to `refs/pull/<pr>/head`, and the report marks it. Leave all three off a new
   intent: it describes the user's task, and the report shows which tools it used.
 - `{{name}}` in `prompt` and `rules` comes from `fixture`. `{"days_from_start": n}` resolves to a
-  date when the run starts. A fixed date that has passed skips the intent, or stops the run if
-  the intent was selected by name; move dates tied to a film's run forward before each run.
+  date when the run starts, and with `"format": "month_day"` to that date as a page shows it
+  without its year (`Dec 10`), for a check's rule on the page text. A fixed date that has passed
+  skips the intent, or stops the run if the intent was selected by name; move dates tied to a
+  film's run forward before each run.
 - `rules` apply to every value a path resolves to (`[]` steps into arrays): `equals` and `in`
   (case- and whitespace-insensitive), `matches` (case-insensitive regex; fixture values match
   literally), `range`, `count`, `time` (`HH:MM`), `date` (`YYYY-MM-DD`) and `unique`.
diff --git a/bench/lib/intents.mjs b/bench/lib/intents.mjs
index a93962a8..5d2d8993 100644
--- a/bench/lib/intents.mjs
+++ b/bench/lib/intents.mjs
@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ export function fillRules(rules = [], fixture = {}) {
   });
 }
 
-const relativeDate = (value) => value !== null && typeof value === "object" && Number.isInteger(value.days_from_start);
+// How a site shows a date without its year, such as "Dec 10", for rules on its page text.
+const MONTH_DAY = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", { month: "short", day: "numeric", timeZone: "UTC" });
+const relativeDate = (value) => value !== null && typeof value === "object" && Number.isInteger(value.days_from_start)
+  && (value.format === undefined || value.format === "month_day");
 
 export function resolveFixture(fixture = {}, start) {
   return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(fixture).map(([key, value]) => {
     if (!relativeDate(value)) return [key, value];
     const date = new Date(start.getTime() + value.days_from_start * 86_400_000);
-    return [key, date.toISOString().slice(0, 10)];
+    return [key, value.format === "month_day" ? MONTH_DAY.format(date) : date.toISOString().slice(0, 10)];
   }));
 }
 
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ export function validateIntent(intent, benchDir) {
   need(agreement === undefined || (typeof agreement?.path === "string" && (best(agreement) || same(agreement))),
     "agreement needs a path and either better (lower or higher) with an optional tolerance of at least 0, or same: true");
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(intent.fixture ?? {})) {
-    need(typeof value === "string" || typeof value === "number" || relativeDate(value), `fixture ${key} must be a string, a number or {"days_from_start": n}`);
+    need(typeof value === "string" || typeof value === "number" || relativeDate(value), `fixture ${key} must be a string, a number or {"days_from_start": n}, optionally with "format": "month_day"`);
   }
   const text = JSON.stringify([intent.prompt, intent.rules ?? [], check?.rules ?? []]);
   for (const [, key] of text.matchAll(/\{\{(\w+)\}\}/g)) need(Object.hasOwn(intent.fixture ?? {}, key), `{{${key}}} has no fixture value`);
diff --git a/bench/tasks/delta.com/delta-cart-main-classic.json b/bench/tasks/delta.com/delta-cart-main-classic.json
index 5ca3d2da..4e7ecf52 100644
--- a/bench/tasks/delta.com/delta-cart-main-classic.json
+++ b/bench/tasks/delta.com/delta-cart-main-classic.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   "fixture": {
     "origin": "Atlanta (ATL)",
     "destination": "Orlando (MCO)",
-    "date": {"days_from_start": 28}
+    "date": {"days_from_start": 28},
+    "date_shown": {"days_from_start": 28, "format": "month_day"}
   },
   "start_url": "https://www.delta.com/",
   "steps": [
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     "rules": [
       {"path": "url", "matches": "^https://www\\.delta\\.com/(purchase/flights|completepurchase)/trip-summary"},
       {"path": "text", "matches": "\\bATL - MCO\\s*\\n\\s*One Way\\b"},
+      {"path": "text", "matches": "Journey date\\s*[^\\n]*\\b{{date_shown}}\\b"},
       {"path": "extracted.cabin", "equals": "Main Classic"},
       {"path": "extracted.passengers", "equals": 1},
       {"path": "extracted.amount_due", "range": [1, 3000]}
diff --git a/bench/test/page.test.mjs b/bench/test/page.test.mjs
index 9370724c..02d9bcc2 100644
--- a/bench/test/page.test.mjs
+++ b/bench/test/page.test.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import test from "node:test";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { loadSchema, resolveFixture } from "../lib/intents.mjs";
 import { extractValues, stepName, stepTimeline } from "../lib/page.mjs";
 import { gradeAnswer } from "../grade.mjs";
 
@@ -66,3 +69,25 @@ test("a failing rule on long page text shows only the start of it", () => {
   const grade = gradeAnswer(intent, schema, "```json\n{}\n```", { output: { url: "u", text: "x".repeat(50_000) } });
   assert.ok(grade.problems[0].length < 200, grade.problems[0].length);
 });
+
+test("the Delta cart check needs the flight in the cart to be on the date the task asked for", () => {
+  const benchDir = fileURLToPath(new URL("..", import.meta.url));
+  const original = JSON.parse(readFileSync(new URL("../tasks/delta.com/delta-cart-main-classic.json", import.meta.url), "utf8"));
+  // Trip Summary's visible text for DL 750 on Dec 10, as delta.com showed it.
+  const summary = "ATL - MCO\nOne Way\nDec 10\n1 Passenger\nModify\nTrip Summary\nATL\nto\nMCO\nChange Flight\nJourney date\nThu, Dec 10\nFlight number\nDL750\n"
+    + "Departure time\n6:05am - \nArrival time\n7:40am\nFlight duration\nNonstop, 1h 35m\nCabin class\nMain Classic\nChangeable / Nonrefundable\n"
+    + "Trip Total\nCurrency Calculator\n1 Passenger\nFlights\n$123.72\nTaxes, Fees & Charges\n$24.68\nAmount Due\nView Details\n$148.40 USD";
+  const grade = (start, text = summary) => {
+    const intent = { ...original, fixture: resolveFixture(original.fixture, new Date(start)) };
+    const page = { output: { url: "https://www.delta.com/purchase/flights/trip-summary", title: "Trip Summary", text, fields: {}, missing: [], invalid: [] } };
+    return gradeAnswer(intent, loadSchema(benchDir, intent), '{"flight_numbers": ["DL 750"], "amount_due": 148.4}', page);
+  };
+  assert.equal(grade("2026-11-12T16:00:00Z").outcome, "correct");
+  assert.equal(grade("2026-11-12T16:00:00Z", summary.replace("Journey date\nThu, Dec 10", "Journey date Thu, Dec 10, 2026")).outcome, "correct");
+  // The task asked for Dec 11 or Dec 1, and the cart holds a flight on Dec 10.
+  for (const start of ["2026-11-13T16:00:00Z", "2026-11-03T16:00:00Z"]) {
+    const wrong = grade(start);
+    assert.equal(wrong.outcome, "wrong");
+    assert.match(wrong.problems.join(), /does not match \/Journey date/);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/bench/test/tasks.test.mjs b/bench/test/tasks.test.mjs
index f3d1ba17..81a61d7a 100644
--- a/bench/test/tasks.test.mjs
+++ b/bench/test/tasks.test.mjs
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ test("validateIntent reports missing fixture values and bad rules", () => {
   assert.ok(problems.some(p => p.includes("{{ip}} has no fixture value")));
   assert.ok(problems.some(p => p.startsWith("rule ")));
   assert.deepEqual(validateIntent({ ...intent, fixture: { ip: { days_from_start: 3 } } }, benchDir), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(validateIntent({ ...intent, fixture: { ip: { days_from_start: 3, format: "month_day" } } }, benchDir), []);
+  assert.ok(validateIntent({ ...intent, fixture: { ip: { days_from_start: 3, format: "long" } } }, benchDir).some(p => p.startsWith("fixture ip must be")));
   assert.ok(validateIntent({ ...intent, fixture: { ip: { days: 3 } } }, benchDir).some(p => p.startsWith("fixture ip")));
   assert.deepEqual(validateIntent({ ...intent, rules: [{ path: "ip", matches: "^{{ip}}$" }] }, benchDir), []);
   assert.ok(validateIntent({ ...intent, rules: [{ path: "ip", matches: "(" }] }, benchDir).some(p => p.endsWith("needs a valid regex")));
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ test("relative fixture dates resolve from the run's start", () => {
   const start = new Date("2026-10-07T23:30:00Z");
   assert.deepEqual(resolveFixture({ date: { days_from_start: 28 }, zip: "10001", n: 3 }, start), { date: "2026-11-04", zip: "10001", n: 3 });
   assert.deepEqual(resolveFixture(undefined, start), {});
+  // A date as the site's page shows it, for a rule on the page's text.
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveFixture({ date: { days_from_start: 28 }, shown: { days_from_start: 28, format: "month_day" } }, start), { date: "2026-11-04", shown: "Nov 4" });
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveFixture({ shown: { days_from_start: 64, format: "month_day" } }, start), { shown: "Dec 10" });
 });
 
 test("URL patterns match the way Kernel's do", () => {