3 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/gmtime.rb b/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/gmtime.rb
index 5ed64c2ab6..bae19da462 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/gmtime.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/gmtime.rb
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ describe :time_gmtime, shared: true do
       time.send(@method).should equal(time)
     end
 
-    it "raises a RuntimeError if the time is not UTC" do
+    it "raises a FrozenError if the time is not UTC" do
       with_timezone("CST", -6) do
         time = Time.now
         time.freeze
-        -> { time.send(@method) }.should raise_error(RuntimeError)
+        -> { time.send(@method) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/local.rb b/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/local.rb
index 43f331c4c1..068e314999 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/local.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/local.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ describe :time_local, shared: true do
   end
 
   platform_is_not :windows do
-    describe "timezone changes" do
-      it "correctly adjusts the timezone change to 'CEST' on 'Europe/Amsterdam'" do
-        with_timezone("Europe/Amsterdam") do
-          Time.send(@method, 1940, 5, 16).to_a.should ==
-            [0, 40, 1, 16, 5, 1940, 4, 137, true, "CEST"]
-        end
+    it "uses the 'CET' timezone with TZ=Europe/Amsterdam in 1970" do
+      with_timezone("Europe/Amsterdam") do
+        Time.send(@method, 1970, 5, 16).to_a.should ==
+          [0, 0, 0, 16, 5, 1970, 6, 136, false, "CET"]
       end
     end
   end
@@ -41,5 +39,4 @@ describe :time_local_10_arg, shared: true do
       end
     end
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/time_params.rb b/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/time_params.rb
index 63d0dbc120..b6a6c88c8e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/time_params.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/time/shared/time_params.rb
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ describe :time_params, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError for out of range month" do
+    # For some reason MRI uses a different message for month in 13-15 and month>=16
     -> {
-      Time.send(@method, 2008, 13, 31, 23, 59, 59)
-    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+      Time.send(@method, 2008, 16, 31, 23, 59, 59)
+    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /(mon|argument) out of range/)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError for out of range day" do
@@ -169,9 +170,13 @@ describe :time_params, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError for out of range second" do
+    # For some reason MRI uses different messages for seconds 61-63 and seconds >= 64
     -> {
       Time.send(@method, 2008, 12, 31, 23, 59, 61)
-    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /(sec|argument) out of range/)
+    -> {
+      Time.send(@method, 2008, 12, 31, 23, 59, -1)
+    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, "argument out of range")
   end
 
   it "raises ArgumentError when given 9 arguments" do