--- a/tests/auto/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp	Fri Feb 19 23:40:16 2010 +0200
+++ b/tests/auto/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp	Fri Mar 12 15:46:37 2010 +0200
@@ -147,9 +147,16 @@
 
 tst_QDateTime::tst_QDateTime()
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    // Symbian's timezone server cannot handle DST correctly for dates before year 1997
+    uint x1 = QDateTime(QDate(2000, 1, 1), QTime()).toTime_t();
+    uint x2 = QDateTime(QDate(2000, 6, 1), QTime()).toTime_t();
+    europeanTimeZone = (x1 == 946681200 && x2 == 959810400);
+#else
     uint x1 = QDateTime(QDate(1990, 1, 1), QTime()).toTime_t();
     uint x2 = QDateTime(QDate(1990, 6, 1), QTime()).toTime_t();
     europeanTimeZone = (x1 == 631148400 && x2 == 644191200);
+#endif
 }
 
 tst_QDateTime::~tst_QDateTime()