diff --git a/tests/siege/urlgen b/tests/siege/urlgen
index e7da24742f..84db51caf8 100755
--- a/tests/siege/urlgen
+++ b/tests/siege/urlgen
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ _timestamp_to_time_string () {
     fi
 }
 
-# Starting the test at "Jan 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000"
-TIME=`_date_to_unix_timestamp "Jan 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000"`
+# Starting the test at "Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2000"
+TIME=`_date_to_unix_timestamp "Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2000"`
 
 
 # Set defaults.