diff --git a/testcode/replay.c b/testcode/replay.c
index 2ba8d8044..375fe2653 100644
--- a/testcode/replay.c
+++ b/testcode/replay.c
@@ -968,17 +968,17 @@ void testbound_selftest(void)
 	free(v);
 
 	v = macro_process(store, NULL, "it is ${ctime 123456}");
-	log_assert( v && strcmp(v, "it is Fri Jan  2 11:17:36 1970") == 0);
+	log_assert( v && strcmp(v, "it is Fri Jan  2 10:17:36 1970") == 0);
 	free(v);
 
 	r = macro_assign(store, "t1", "123456");
 	log_assert(r);
 	v = macro_process(store, NULL, "it is ${ctime ${$t1}}");
-	log_assert( v && strcmp(v, "it is Fri Jan  2 11:17:36 1970") == 0);
+	log_assert( v && strcmp(v, "it is Fri Jan  2 10:17:36 1970") == 0);
 	free(v);
 
 	v = macro_process(store, NULL, "it is ${ctime $t1}");
-	log_assert( v && strcmp(v, "it is Fri Jan  2 11:17:36 1970") == 0);
+	log_assert( v && strcmp(v, "it is Fri Jan  2 10:17:36 1970") == 0);
 	free(v);
 
 	r = macro_assign(store, "x", "1");
diff --git a/testcode/testbound.c b/testcode/testbound.c
index 8c71adf2a..b283c11d9 100644
--- a/testcode/testbound.c
+++ b/testcode/testbound.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	struct replay_scenario* scen = NULL;
 
 	/* we do not want the test to depend on the timezone */
-	setenv("TZ", "GMT-1", 1);
+	(void)setenv("TZ", "UTC", 1);
 
 	log_init(NULL, 0, NULL);
 	log_info("Start of %s testbound program.", PACKAGE_STRING);