diff --git a/test/tap/layouts-test.js b/test/tap/layouts-test.js
index 3b8675a..7ee6977 100644
--- a/test/tap/layouts-test.js
+++ b/test/tap/layouts-test.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ test("log4js layouts", batch => {
           }
         }
       }),
-      /at (Test.batch.test|Test.<anonymous>)\s+\((.*)test[\\/]tap[\\/]layouts-test\.js:\d+:\d+\)/,
+      /at (Test\.batch\.test\.t|Test\.<anonymous>)\s+\((.*)test[\\/]tap[\\/]layouts-test\.js:\d+:\d+\)/,
       "regexp did not return a match - should print the stacks of a passed error objects"
     );
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ test("log4js layouts", batch => {
     const columnNumber = 14;
     const event = {
       data: ["this is a test"],
-      startTime: new Date("2010-12-05 14:18:30.045"),
+      startTime: new Date(Date.UTC(2010, 11, 5, 3, 18, 30, 45)),
       categoryName: "multiple.levels.of.tests",
       level: {
         toString() {