diff --git a/test-basic/data/echoModule.js b/test-basic/data/echoModule.js
index aeb4724c..b6198fca 100644
--- a/test-basic/data/echoModule.js
+++ b/test-basic/data/echoModule.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ case  8:
   4.4;
   break;
 case  9:
-  new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125Z');
+  new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125');
   break;
 case  10:
   xdmp.arrayValues([1, 'two', {i:3}, [4,'four'], xdmp.unquote('<i>5</i>')]);
diff --git a/test-basic/server-exec.js b/test-basic/server-exec.js
index 018a4cea..4e416997 100644
--- a/test-basic/server-exec.js
+++ b/test-basic/server-exec.js
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ describe('server-side call', function() {
       .catch(done);
     });
     it('should generate a date value', function(done) {
-      db.eval('new Date("2010-10-08T10:17:15.125Z");').result(function(values) {
+      db.eval('new Date("2010-10-08T10:17:15.125");').result(function(values) {
         values.length.should.equal(1);
         checkValue(values[0], 'text', 'dateTime');
-        values[0].value.should.eql(new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125Z'));
+        values[0].value.should.eql(new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125'));
         done();
         })
       .catch(done);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe('server-side call', function() {
       .catch(done);
     });
     it('should generate values of different types', function(done) {
-      db.xqueryEval('("string value", fn:true(), 3, 4.4, xs:dateTime("2010-10-08T10:17:15.125Z"))')
+      db.xqueryEval('("string value", fn:true(), 3, 4.4, xs:dateTime("2010-10-08T10:17:15.125"))')
       .result(function(values) {
         values.length.should.equal(5);
         checkValue(values[0], 'text', 'string');
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe('server-side call', function() {
         values[3].value.should.equal(4.4);
         checkValue(values[4], 'text', 'dateTime');
         valcheck.isDate(values[4].value).should.equal(true);
-        values[4].value.should.eql(new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125Z'));
+        values[4].value.should.eql(new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125'));
         done();
         })
       .catch(done);
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ describe('server-side call', function() {
       db.invoke(invokePath, {test:9}).result(function(values) {
         values.length.should.equal(1);
         checkValue(values[0], 'text', 'dateTime');
-        values[0].value.should.eql(new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125Z'));
+        values[0].value.should.eql(new Date('2010-10-08T10:17:15.125'));
         done();
         })
       .catch(done);