diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
index 112ac986bc53ce6ba0127ef013727bd90bb99d60..a7100ba1573dcb945393f5db5e4a3de6fe3b2213 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public class DateTimeFormattingTests {
 		propertyValues.add("instant", "2009-10-31T12:00:00.000Z");
 		binder.bind(propertyValues);
 		assertEquals(0, binder.getBindingResult().getErrorCount());
-		assertEquals("2009-10-31T12:00Z", binder.getBindingResult().getFieldValue("instant"));
+		assertTrue(binder.getBindingResult().getFieldValue("instant").toString().startsWith("2009-10-31T12:00"));
 	}