diff --git a/org.springframework.context/.classpath b/org.springframework.context/.classpath
index d44de9b52d..26698a5540 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/.classpath
+++ b/org.springframework.context/.classpath
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.junit/com.springsource.org.junit/4.7.0/com.springsource.org.junit-4.7.0.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/org.junit/com.springsource.org.junit/4.7.0/com.springsource.org.junit-sources-4.6.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/javax.inject/com.springsource.org.atinject.tck/1.0.0/com.springsource.org.atinject.tck-1.0.0.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/javax.inject/com.springsource.org.atinject.tck/1.0.0/com.springsource.org.atinject.tck-sources-1.0.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.jboss.cl/com.springsource.org.jboss.classloader/2.0.5.GA/com.springsource.org.jboss.classloader-2.0.5.GA.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.jboss.util/com.springsource.org.jboss.util/2.2.9.GA/com.springsource.org.jboss.util-2.2.9.GA.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/mapping/support/MappingTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/mapping/support/MappingTests.java
index 080e6412de..1949e8de91 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/mapping/support/MappingTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/mapping/support/MappingTests.java
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.joda.time.MutableDateTime;
 import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ public class MappingTests {
 				// field to multiple fields
 				.addAssemblerMapping("activationDateTime", new Converter<Map<String, String>, DateTime>() {
 					public DateTime convert(Map<String, String> source) {
-						MutableDateTime dateTime = new MutableDateTime();
+						MutableDateTime dateTime = new MutableDateTime(DateTimeZone.UTC);
 						dateTime.setYear(Integer.parseInt(source.get("year")));
 						dateTime.setMonthOfYear(Integer.parseInt(source.get("month")));
 						dateTime.setDayOfMonth(Integer.parseInt(source.get("day")));
@@ -343,7 +345,7 @@ public class MappingTests {
 		source.put("activationDateTime.hour", "12");
 		source.put("activationDateTime.minute", "0");
 		Account account = mapper.map(source, new Account());	
-		assertEquals(ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().parseDateTime("2009-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00"), account
+		assertEquals(ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC).parseDateTime("2009-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00"), account
 				.getActivationDateTime());		
 	}