xt/msgtime_cmp.t | 7 +++++++

diff --git a/xt/msgtime_cmp.t b/xt/msgtime_cmp.t
index b77e57a626958563a0f19e4b17b97bb8a7653113..4ebf5b2cedb85a859b771873452de3d92f95fb2b 100644
--- a/xt/msgtime_cmp.t
+++ b/xt/msgtime_cmp.t
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ 	return undef unless(defined $ts);
 
 	# off is the time zone offset in seconds from GMT
 	my ($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$off) = Date::Parse::strptime($date);
+
+	# new behavior which wasn't in the original old version:
+	if ('commit d857e7dc0d816b635a7ead09c3273f8c2d2434be') {
+		# "msgtime: assume +0000 if TZ missing when using Date::Parse"
+		$off //= '+0000';
+	}
+
 	return undef unless(defined $off);
 
 	# Compute the time zone from offset