GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Committer Name" \
      GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="committer@email" \
      GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2005-05-26 23:30" \
-     TZ= git-commit-tree `cat treeid` >commitid 2>/dev/null'
+     TZ=GMT git-commit-tree `cat treeid` >commitid 2>/dev/null'
 
 test_expect_success \
     'read commit' \