diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/HttpFoundation/File/FileTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/HttpFoundation/File/FileTest.php
index c6b953d032eb0..224efa89d9284 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/HttpFoundation/File/FileTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/HttpFoundation/File/FileTest.php
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ public function testMove()
     public function testRename()
     {
         $path = __DIR__.'/Fixtures/test.copy.gif';
-        $targetPath = __DIR__.'/Fixtures/test.target.gif';
+        $targetPath = realpath(__DIR__.'/Fixtures') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'test.target.gif';
         @unlink($path);
         @unlink($targetPath);
-        copy(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/test.gif', $path);
+        copy(realpath(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/test.gif'), $path);
 
         $file = new File($path);
         $file->rename('test.target.gif');
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index fb080edd1bea2..2302d13bdedb0 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
+date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Paris');
+ 
 if (file_exists($file = __DIR__.'/../autoload.php')) {
     require_once $file;
 } elseif (file_exists($file = __DIR__.'/../autoload.php.dist')) {