diff --git a/testsuite/date/date-u-works b/testsuite/date/date-u-works
index 7d9902a3f..665e4ea94 100644
--- a/testsuite/date/date-u-works
+++ b/testsuite/date/date-u-works
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-test x"`date -u`" = x"`busybox date -u`"
+test x"Wed Apr 23 11:22:33 UTC 2008" = x"`busybox date -u -d 11:22:33`"