diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
index 75e6515a69c..fe2d60ca6be 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -60,12 +61,12 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 
 
 	@Before
-	public void setUp() {
+	public void setup() {
 		DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar = new DateTimeFormatterRegistrar();
-		setUp(registrar);
+		setup(registrar);
 	}
 
-	private void setUp(DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar) {
+	private void setup(DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar) {
 		conversionService = new FormattingConversionService();
 		DefaultConversionService.addDefaultConverters(conversionService);
 		registrar.registerFormatters(conversionService);
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@After
-	public void tearDown() {
+	public void cleanup() {
 		LocaleContextHolder.setLocale(null);
 		DateTimeContextHolder.setDateTimeContext(null);
 	}
@@ -98,10 +99,10 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindLocalDateWithSpecificStyle() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindLocalDateWithSpecificStyle() {
 		DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar = new DateTimeFormatterRegistrar();
 		registrar.setDateStyle(FormatStyle.LONG);
-		setUp(registrar);
+		setup(registrar);
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localDate", "October 31, 2009");
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -110,10 +111,10 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindLocalDateWithSpecificFormatter() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindLocalDateWithSpecificFormatter() {
 		DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar = new DateTimeFormatterRegistrar();
 		registrar.setDateFormatter(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMdd"));
-		setUp(registrar);
+		setup(registrar);
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localDate", "20091031");
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindLocalDateFromJavaUtilCalendar() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindLocalDateFromJavaUtilCalendar() {
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localDate", new GregorianCalendar(2009, 9, 31, 0, 0));
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -195,10 +196,10 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindLocalTimeWithSpecificStyle() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindLocalTimeWithSpecificStyle() {
 		DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar = new DateTimeFormatterRegistrar();
 		registrar.setTimeStyle(FormatStyle.MEDIUM);
-		setUp(registrar);
+		setup(registrar);
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localTime", "12:00:00 PM");
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -207,10 +208,10 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindLocalTimeWithSpecificFormatter() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindLocalTimeWithSpecificFormatter() {
 		DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar = new DateTimeFormatterRegistrar();
 		registrar.setTimeFormatter(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HHmmss"));
-		setUp(registrar);
+		setup(registrar);
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localTime", "130000");
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindLocalTimeFromJavaUtilCalendar() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindLocalTimeFromJavaUtilCalendar() {
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localTime", new GregorianCalendar(1970, 0, 0, 12, 0));
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindLocalDateTimeFromJavaUtilCalendar() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindLocalDateTimeFromJavaUtilCalendar() {
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localDateTime", new GregorianCalendar(2009, 9, 31, 12, 0));
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -270,10 +271,10 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testBindDateTimeWithSpecificStyle() throws Exception {
+	public void testBindDateTimeWithSpecificStyle() {
 		DateTimeFormatterRegistrar registrar = new DateTimeFormatterRegistrar();
 		registrar.setDateTimeStyle(FormatStyle.MEDIUM);
-		setUp(registrar);
+		setup(registrar);
 		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		propertyValues.add("localDateTime", LocalDateTime.of(2009, 10, 31, 12, 0));
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
@@ -356,12 +357,19 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 
 	@Test
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-	public void testBindInstantFromJavaUtilDate() throws Exception {
-		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
-		propertyValues.add("instant", new Date(109, 9, 31, 12, 0));
-		binder.bind(propertyValues);
-		assertEquals(0, binder.getBindingResult().getErrorCount());
-		assertTrue(binder.getBindingResult().getFieldValue("instant").toString().startsWith("2009-10-31"));
+	public void testBindInstantFromJavaUtilDate() {
+		TimeZone defaultZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
+		TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+		try {
+			MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
+			propertyValues.add("instant", new Date(109, 9, 31, 12, 0));
+			binder.bind(propertyValues);
+			assertEquals(0, binder.getBindingResult().getErrorCount());
+			assertTrue(binder.getBindingResult().getFieldValue("instant").toString().startsWith("2009-10-31"));
+		}
+		finally {
+			TimeZone.setDefault(defaultZone);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test