The date serialization tests should not be MDT-specific. Closes #3.

Author: Kit Cambridge

Diff for: README.md

@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ JSON 3 has been **tested** with the following web browsers, CommonJS environment
 
 * Attempting to serialize the `arguments` object may produce inconsistent results due to specification and environment differences. As a workaround, please convert the `arguments` object to an array first: `JSON.stringify([].slice.call(arguments))`.
 
-* The four date serialization unit tests may fail if the system clock is set incorrectly.
-
 ### Required Native Methods
 
 JSON 3 assumes that the following methods exist and function as described in the ECMAScript specification:

Diff for: test/test_json3.js

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
   });
 
   testSuite.addTest("`stringify`", function () {
-    var expected = 20, value;
+    var expected = 20, value, pattern;
 
     this.serializes("null", null, "`null` is represented literally");
     this.serializes("null", 1 / 0, "`Infinity` is serialized as `null`");
@@ -251,11 +251,9 @@
     value[5] = 1;
     this.serializes("[null,null,null,null,null,1]", value, "Sparse arrays should serialize correctly");
 
-    value = new Date(1994, 6, 3);
-    this.serializes('"1994-07-03T06:00:00.000Z"', value, "Dates are serialized using the simplified date time string format");
-
-    value = new Date(1993, 5, 2, 2, 10, 28, 224);
-    this.serializes('"1993-06-02T08:10:28.224Z"', value, "The date time string should conform to the format outlined in the spec");
+    pattern = /^"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3}Z"$/;
+    this.ok(pattern.test(JSON.stringify(new Date(1994, 6, 3))), "Dates are serialized using the simplified date time string format");
+    this.ok(pattern.test(JSON.stringify(new Date(1993, 5, 2, 2, 10, 28, 224))), "The date time string should conform to the format outlined in the spec");
 
     // Safari 2 restricts date time values to the range `[(-2 ** 31),
     // (2 ** 31) - 1]`, which respectively correspond to the minimum and