diff --git a/tests/intl/intltest.cpp b/tests/intl/intltest.cpp
index b5c34d9b03..40f31f06bd 100644
--- a/tests/intl/intltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/intl/intltest.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ void IntlTestCase::Headers()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( "", m_locale->GetHeaderValue("X-Not-Here") );
 }
 
-static void CompareFormats(const wxString& expected, wxString actual)
+static void
+CompareFormats(const char *msg, const wxString& expected, wxString actual)
 {
     if ( actual.empty() )
     {
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ static void CompareFormats(const wxString& expected, wxString actual)
     actual.Replace("%e", "%d");
 #endif // __GLIBC__
 
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( expected, actual );
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE( msg, expected, actual );
 }
 
 void IntlTestCase::DateTimeFmt()
@@ -149,25 +150,31 @@ void IntlTestCase::DateTimeFmt()
 #ifdef __GLIBC__
     // glibc also uses dots for French locale separator for some reason (the
     // standard format uses slashes)
-    static const char *FRENCH_DATE_FMT = "%d.%m.%y";
+    static const char *FRENCH_DATE_FMT = "%d.%m.%Y";
 #else
     static const char *FRENCH_DATE_FMT = "%d/%m/%y";
 #endif
 
-    CompareFormats( FRENCH_DATE_FMT, m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT) );
-    CompareFormats( "%a %d %b %Y", m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_LONG_DATE_FMT) );
-    CompareFormats( "%a %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z",
+    CompareFormats( "French short date", FRENCH_DATE_FMT,
+                   m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT) );
+    CompareFormats( "French long date", "%a %d %b %Y",
+                    m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_LONG_DATE_FMT) );
+    CompareFormats( "French date and time", "%a %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z",
                     m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_DATE_TIME_FMT) );
-    CompareFormats( "%H:%M:%S", m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_TIME_FMT) );
+    CompareFormats( "French time", "%H:%M:%S",
+                    m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_TIME_FMT) );
 
     // also test for "C" locale
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
 
-    CompareFormats( "%m/%d/%y", m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT) );
-    CompareFormats( "%a %b %d %Y", m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_LONG_DATE_FMT) );
-    CompareFormats( "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y",
+    CompareFormats( "C short date", "%m/%d/%y",
+                    m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT) );
+    CompareFormats( "C long date", "%a %b %d %Y",
+                    m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_LONG_DATE_FMT) );
+    CompareFormats( "C date and time", "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y",
                     m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_DATE_TIME_FMT) );
-    CompareFormats( "%H:%M:%S", m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_TIME_FMT) );
+    CompareFormats( "C time", "%H:%M:%S",
+                    m_locale->GetInfo(wxLOCALE_TIME_FMT) );
 }
 
 #endif // wxUSE_INTL