diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index cd4cc0e9645..8cc4739f275 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
       return ctx.stylize(RegExp.prototype.toString.call(value), 'regexp');
     }
     if (isDate(value)) {
-      return ctx.stylize(Date.prototype.toUTCString.call(value), 'date');
+      return ctx.stylize(Date.prototype.toString.call(value), 'date');
     }
     if (isError(value)) {
       return formatError(value);
diff --git a/test/simple/test-sys.js b/test/simple/test-sys.js
index bc2859a7ac2..7f73235bb8a 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-sys.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-sys.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ assert.equal('[Function]', common.inspect(function() {}));
 assert.equal('undefined', common.inspect(undefined));
 assert.equal('null', common.inspect(null));
 assert.equal('/foo(bar\\n)?/gi', common.inspect(/foo(bar\n)?/gi));
-assert.equal('Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:48:40 GMT',
+assert.equal('Sun Feb 14 2010 12:48:40 GMT+0100 (CET)',
              common.inspect(new Date('Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:48:40 GMT')));
 
 assert.equal("'\\n\\u0001'", common.inspect('\n\u0001'));