diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateFormatUtilsTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateFormatUtilsTest.java
index 3f8068364..3af300a96 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateFormatUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateFormatUtilsTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.commons.lang.time;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import junit.framework.Test;
@@ -61,6 +62,40 @@ public class DateFormatUtilsTest extends TestCase {
     }
     
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public void testFormat() {
+        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+        c.set(2005,0,1,12,0,0);
+        c.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
+        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer ();
+        int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
+        int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
+        int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
+        int hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
+        buffer.append (year);
+        buffer.append(month);
+        buffer.append(day);
+        buffer.append(hour);
+        assertEquals(buffer.toString(), DateFormatUtils.format(c.getTime(), "yyyyMdH"));
+        
+        assertEquals(buffer.toString(), DateFormatUtils.format(c.getTime().getTime(), "yyyyMdH"));
+        
+        assertEquals(buffer.toString(), DateFormatUtils.format(c.getTime(), "yyyyMdH", Locale.US));
+        
+        assertEquals(buffer.toString(), DateFormatUtils.format(c.getTime().getTime(), "yyyyMdH", Locale.US));
+    }
+    
+    public void testFormatUTC() {
+        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+        c.set(2005,0,1,12,0,0);
+        assertEquals ("2005-01-01T12:00:00", DateFormatUtils.formatUTC(c.getTime(), DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_FORMAT.getPattern()));
+        
+        assertEquals ("2005-01-01T12:00:00", DateFormatUtils.formatUTC(c.getTime().getTime(), DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_FORMAT.getPattern()));
+        
+        assertEquals ("2005-01-01T12:00:00", DateFormatUtils.formatUTC(c.getTime(), DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_FORMAT.getPattern(), Locale.US));
+        
+        assertEquals ("2005-01-01T12:00:00", DateFormatUtils.formatUTC(c.getTime().getTime(), DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_FORMAT.getPattern(), Locale.US));
+    }
+    
     public void testDateTimeISO(){
         TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT-3");
         Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone);
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateUtilsTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateUtilsTest.java
index 7fd9c194d..b2203301f 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateUtilsTest.java
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ public class DateUtilsTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("round semimonth-2 failed",
                 dateParser.parse("November 16, 2001"),
                 DateUtils.round(date2, DateUtils.SEMI_MONTH));
+        
+        
         assertEquals("round date-1 failed",
                 dateParser.parse("February 13, 2002"),
                 DateUtils.round(date1, Calendar.DATE));