diff --git a/test/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh b/test/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh
index 6c16851062e3284c84871165d47b96b3b2e90b6b..65ab89da2e0ef44cd1540ae2ec49c1256c49d05f 100644
--- a/test/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh
+++ b/test/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 # @test
-# @bug 6332666 7180362 8003846
+# @bug 6332666 6863624 7180362 8003846
 # @summary tests the capability of replacing the currency data with user
 #     specified currency properties file
 # @build PropertiesTest
@@ -56,10 +56,15 @@ case "$OS" in
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
     ;;
-  Windows* | CYGWIN* )
+  Windows* )
     PS=";"
     FS="/"
     ;;
+  CYGWIN* )
+    PS=";"
+    FS="/"
+    TESTJAVA=`cygpath -u ${TESTJAVA}`
+    ;;
   * )
     echo "Unrecognized system!"
     exit 1;
@@ -92,24 +97,27 @@ run PropertiesTest -c dump1 dump2 ${PROPS}
 # Dump built-in currency data + overrides in properties file copied into
 # JRE image.
 
-# copy the test properties file
+# Copy the test properties file. If testjava is not a typical jdk-image
+# or testjava is not writable, make a private copy of it.
 COPIED=0
-if [ -w $TESTJAVA ]
+if [ -w ${TESTJAVA}${FS}jre${FS}lib ]
 then
   WRITABLEJDK=$TESTJAVA
+  PROPLOCATION=${WRITABLEJDK}${FS}jre${FS}lib
 else
   WRITABLEJDK=.${FS}testjava
+  if [ -d ${TESTJAVA}${FS}jre ]
+  then
+    PROPLOCATION=${WRITABLEJDK}${FS}jre${FS}lib
+  else
+    PROPLOCATION=${WRITABLEJDK}${FS}lib
+  fi
   cp -r $TESTJAVA $WRITABLEJDK
+  chmod -R +w $WRITABLEJDK
   COPIED=1
 fi
-
-if [ -d ${WRITABLEJDK}${FS}jre ]
-then
-  PROPLOCATION=${WRITABLEJDK}${FS}jre${FS}lib
-else
-  PROPLOCATION=${WRITABLEJDK}${FS}lib
-fi
 cp ${PROPS} $PROPLOCATION
+echo "Properties location: ${PROPLOCATION}"
 
 # run
 echo ''
diff --git a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java
index 22533f9067065e363e30f40eab7a568ad6a4ce6a..811e78ff3abe8ed3219155bf60dd45962c281fcb 100644
--- a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java
+++ b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class LocaleProviders {
             String jreResult = "\u5e73\u6210 16.11.03 (\u6c34) \u5348\u524d 11:53:47";
             Locale l = new Locale("ja", "JP", "JP");
             SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("GGGG yyyy.MMM.dd '('E')' a hh:mm:ss", l);
-            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PST"));
+            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles"));
             String result = sdf.format(sampleDate);
             System.out.println(result);
             if (LocaleProviderAdapter.getAdapterPreference()
diff --git a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh
index 7c238caafe6e5cc197b029379978f236985e0269..bf8b7af2b328269744226c22257e8f826d985c1d 100644
--- a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh
+++ b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #
 # @test
 # @bug 6336885 7196799 7197573 7198834 8000245 8000615 8001440 8010666
-#      8013086 8013233 8013903
+#      8013086 8013233 8013903 8015960
 # @summary tests for "java.locale.providers" system property
 # @compile -XDignore.symbol.file LocaleProviders.java
 # @run shell/timeout=600 LocaleProviders.sh