Index: luni/src/test/api/common/tests/api/java/util/DateTest.java =================================================================== --- luni/src/test/api/common/tests/api/java/util/DateTest.java (revision 590549) +++ luni/src/test/api/common/tests/api/java/util/DateTest.java (working copy) @@ -436,12 +436,13 @@ TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault(); TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("EST")); try { - Date d1 = new Date(0); - assertTrue("Returned incorrect string: " + d1, d1.toString() - .equals("Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1969")); - } finally { - TimeZone.setDefault(tz); - } + Date d1 = new Date(0); + assertTrue("Returned incorrect string: " + d1, d1.toString() + .startsWith("Wed Dec 31 19:00:00") + && d1.toString().endsWith("1969")); + } finally { + TimeZone.setDefault(tz); + } } /**