Index: src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/AttachmentsTest.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/AttachmentsTest.java	(revision 210)
+++ src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/AttachmentsTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 /**
  * @version $Revision$ $Date$
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 public class AttachmentsTest extends TestCase {
 
     // Date is retrieved without timezone from xmlrpc (@codehaus?)
-    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy");
+    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH);
 
     public void testJira() throws Exception {
         Jira jira = new Jira("http://jira.codehaus.org/rpc/xmlrpc");
Index: src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/JiraRssTest.java
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--- src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/JiraRssTest.java	(revision 210)
+++ src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/JiraRssTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class JiraRssTest extends TestCase {
 
     // Date is retrieved with a timezone from rss
-    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
+	// In this test, dates are written in English.
+    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy",Locale.US);
 
     /*
      * SET TZ to PDT for these tests
Index: src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/JiraTest.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/JiraTest.java	(revision 210)
+++ src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/JiraTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 public class JiraTest extends TestCase {
 
     // Date is retrieved without timezone from xmlrpc (@codehaus?)
-    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy");
+    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH);
 
     public void testJira() throws Exception {
         Jira jira = new Jira("http://jira.codehaus.org/rpc/xmlrpc");
Index: src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/SubTasksTest.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/SubTasksTest.java	(revision 210)
+++ src/test/java/org/codehaus/swizzle/jira/SubTasksTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 /**
  * @version $Revision$ $Date$
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
 public class SubTasksTest extends TestCase {
 
     // Date is retrieved without timezone from xmlrpc (@codehaus?)
-    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy");
+	// In this test, dates are written in English.
+    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH);
 
     public void testJira() throws Exception {
         Jira jira = new Jira("http://jira.codehaus.org/rpc/xmlrpc");