diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fdaff39e61..e76f56f550 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Aug 28 23:50:47 2008  Yusuke Endoh  <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
+
+	* test/ruby/test_time.rb (test_strftime): make test for %a independent
+	  from local timezone.  [ruby-dev:35992]
+
 Thu Aug 28 23:39:49 2008  Yusuke Endoh  <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
 
 	* string.c (rb_str_shared_replace): remove corrupt noembed string
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_time.rb b/test/ruby/test_time.rb
index 87516e10c4..b36813bb9c 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_time.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_time.rb
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ class TestTime < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal("foo\0bar\x0000\x0000\x0000", T2000.strftime("foo\0bar\0%H\0%M\0%S"))
     assert_equal("foo" * 1000, T2000.strftime("foo" * 1000))
 
-    assert_equal("Sat", Time.at(946684800).strftime("%a"))
+    t = Time.mktime(2000, 1, 1)
+    assert_equal("Sat", t.strftime("%a"))
 
     t = Time.at(946684800, 123456.789)
     assert_equal("123", t.strftime("%3N"))