diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.Tests.ps1
index 5ac4a068a..1efa3eccd 100644
--- a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.Tests.ps1
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-Dates.Tests.ps1
@@ -10,14 +10,28 @@ Describe "Test-Get-Date" {
     It "Should return a DateTime object upon being called" {
         (Get-Date).GetType().Name.Equals('DateTime') | Should Be $true
     }
-    
-    It "Should filter properly when displayhint switch is used" {
-        (Get-Date -DisplayHint Time).ToString().Contains(":") |Should be $true
-        (Get-Date -DisplayHint Date).ToString().Contains(":") | Should be $false
+
+    It "Should have colons when ToString method is used" {
+	(Get-Date).ToString().Contains(":")                   | Should be $true
+        (Get-Date -DisplayHint Time).ToString().Contains(":") | Should be $true
+        (Get-Date -DisplayHint Date).ToString().Contains(":") | Should be $true
     }
 
-    It "Should be able to pipe the output to another cmdlet" {
-        $timestamp = Get-Date -Format o | foreach {$_ -replace ":", "."}
-        $timestamp.ToString().Contains(":") | Should be $false
+    It "Should be able to use the format flag" {
+	# You would think that one could use simple loops here, but apparently powershell in windows returns different values in loops
+
+	(Get-Date -Format d).Contains("/") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format D).Contains(",") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format f).Contains(",") -and (Get-Date -Format f).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format F).Contains(",") -and (Get-Date -Format F).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format g).Contains("/") -and (Get-Date -Format g).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format G).Contains("/") -and (Get-Date -Format G).Contains(":") | Should be $true
+	(Get-Date -Format m).Contains(",") -or `
+	  (Get-Date -Format m).Contains(":")  -or `
+	  (Get-Date -Format m).Contains("/") | Should be $false
+
+
     }
-}
+
+}
+