diff --git a/ext/date/tests/bug65184.phpt b/ext/date/tests/bug65184.phpt
index ade020ca364..adfd8d81246 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/bug65184.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/bug65184.phpt
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) != 'WIN') {
 --FILE--
 <?php
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, 'Japanese_Japan.932');
-	$s = strftime('%A');
+	/* timestamp has to be some wednesday */
+	$s = strftime('%A', 1372884126);
 
 	for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($s); $i++) {
 		printf("%x ", ord($s[$i]));
 	}
 	echo "\n";
+
+	echo strlen(strftime('%A')), "\n";
 ?>
 ===DONE===
 --EXPECT--
 90 85 97 6a 93 fa 
+6
 ===DONE===