diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/xmlrpc/wp/newPost.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/xmlrpc/wp/newPost.php
index 27a164564a..7e37333254 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/xmlrpc/wp/newPost.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/xmlrpc/wp/newPost.php
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class Tests_XMLRPC_wp_newPost extends WP_XMLRPC_UnitTestCase {
 		$result       = $this->myxmlrpcserver->wp_newPost( array( 1, 'author', 'author', $post ) );
 		$fetched_post = get_post( $result );
 		$this->assertStringMatchesFormat( '%d', $result );
-		$this->assertEquals( '1970-01-01 00:00:00', $fetched_post->post_date );
+		$this->assertEquals( current_time( 'Y-m-d' ), substr( $fetched_post->post_date, 0, 10 ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class Tests_XMLRPC_wp_newPost extends WP_XMLRPC_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	function test_invalid_post_date_gmt_does_not_fatal() {
 		$this->make_user_by_role( 'author' );
-		$date_string  = 'invalid date';
+		$date_string  = 'invalid_date';
 		$post         = array(
 			'post_title'    => 'test',
 			'post_content'  => 'test',
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class Tests_XMLRPC_wp_newPost extends WP_XMLRPC_UnitTestCase {
 		$result       = $this->myxmlrpcserver->wp_newPost( array( 1, 'author', 'author', $post ) );
 		$fetched_post = get_post( $result );
 		$this->assertStringMatchesFormat( '%d', $result );
-		$this->assertEquals( '1970-01-01 00:00:00', $fetched_post->post_date_gmt );
+		$this->assertEquals( '0000-00-00', substr( $fetched_post->post_date_gmt, 0, 10 ) );
 	}
 
 	/**