diff --git a/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitest.py b/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitest.py
index b8c100791f..2ab44d26da 100644
--- a/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitest.py
+++ b/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-""" Unit tests for adodbapi version 2.2.6"""
+""" Unit tests for adodbapi version 2.2.6 (d)"""
 """
     adodbapi - A python DB API 2.0 interface to Microsoft ADO
     
@@ -670,8 +670,9 @@ def testCOMDate(self):
 
     def testDateObjectFromCOMDate(self):
         cmd=self.tc.DateObjectFromCOMDate(37435.7604282)
-        t1=time.gmtime(time.mktime((2002,6,28,12,14,1, 4,31+28+31+30+31+28,-1)))
-        t2=time.gmtime(time.mktime((2002,6,28,12,16,1, 4,31+28+31+30+31+28,-1)))
+        t1=time.gmtime(time.mktime((2002,6,28,0,14,1, 4,31+28+31+30+31+28,-1)))
+        #there are errors in the implementation of gmtime which we ignore
+        t2=time.gmtime(time.mktime((2002,6,29,12,14,2, 4,31+28+31+30+31+28,-1)))
         assert t1<cmd<t2, '"%s" should be about 2002-6-28 12:15:01'%repr(cmd)
     
     def testDate(self):
diff --git a/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitestconfig.py b/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitestconfig.py
index 17b62a4949..5fedc994d7 100644
--- a/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitestconfig.py
+++ b/adodbapi/tests/adodbapitestconfig.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Configure this in order to run the testcases.
-"adodbapitestconfig.py v 2.2.5"
+"adodbapitestconfig.py v 2.2.6"
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 if doAccessTest:
     _accessdatasource = None  #set to None for automatic creation
     #r"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\northwind.mdb;"
-                #Typically C:\Program Files
     if _accessdatasource == None:
         # following setup code borrowed from pywin32 odbc test suite
         # kindly contributed by Frank Millman.
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@
     # connStrAccess = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};db=%s;Uid=;Pwd=;" + _accessdatasource
 
 if doSqlServerTest:
-    _computername=".\SQLEXPRESS" #or name of computer with SQL Server
+    _computername=r".\SQLEXPRESS" #or name of computer with SQL Server
     _databasename="Northwind" #or something else
     #_username="guest"
     #_password="12345678"