Index: src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/format/TestCellFormat.java
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--- src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/format/TestCellFormat.java	(revision 1874542)
+++ src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/format/TestCellFormat.java	(working copy)
@@ -850,7 +850,9 @@
     @Test
     public void testApplyObjectDate() throws ParseException {
         CellFormat cf1 = CellFormat.getInstance("m/d/yyyy");
-        Date date1 = new SimpleDateFormat("M/d/y", Locale.ROOT).parse("01/11/2012");
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("M/d/y", Locale.ROOT);
+        sdf1.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"));
+        Date date1 = sdf1.parse("01/11/2012");
         assertEquals("1/11/2012", cf1.apply(date1).text);
     }