DateValidatorTest.testCompare() fails with GMT-12

Tests run: 8, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.02 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.apache.commons.validator.routines.DateValidatorTest
testCompare(org.apache.commons.validator.routines.DateValidatorTest)  Time elapsed: 0.004 sec  <<< FAILURE!
junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: date EQ expected:<0> but was:<1>
        at junit.framework.Assert.fail(Assert.java:57)
        at junit.framework.Assert.failNotEquals(Assert.java:329)
        at junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals(Assert.java:78)
        at junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals(Assert.java:234)
        at junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals(TestCase.java:401)
        at org.apache.commons.validator.routines.DateValidatorTest.testCompare(DateValidatorTest.java:126)