diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstdatetime.c b/tests/check/gst/gstdatetime.c
index 89fc1e764c..801ff938a8 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstdatetime.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstdatetime.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_GstDateTime_new_from_unix_epoch_local_time)
 
   memset (&tm, 0, sizeof (tm));
   tm.tm_year = 70;
-  tm.tm_mday = 1;
+  tm.tm_mday = 2;
   tm.tm_mon = 0;
   tm.tm_hour = 1;
   tm.tm_min = 0;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_GstDateTime_new_from_unix_epoch_local_time)
   dt = gst_date_time_new_from_unix_epoch_local_time (t);
   assert_equals_int (gst_date_time_get_year (dt), 1970);
   assert_equals_int (gst_date_time_get_month (dt), 1);
-  assert_equals_int (gst_date_time_get_day (dt), 1);
+  assert_equals_int (gst_date_time_get_day (dt), 2);
   assert_equals_int (gst_date_time_get_hour (dt), 1);
   assert_equals_int (gst_date_time_get_minute (dt), 0);
   assert_equals_int (gst_date_time_get_second (dt), 0);