diff --git a/tests/chattr.test b/tests/chattr.test
index bbf8b099c..3574430fd 100755
--- a/tests/chattr.test
+++ b/tests/chattr.test
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 #testing "name" "command" "result" "infile" "stdin"
 
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]
+then
+  echo "$SHOWSKIP: chgrp (not root)"
+  continue 2>/dev/null
+  exit
+fi
+
 # chattr - Testcases
 
 mkdir testattr
diff --git a/tests/date.test b/tests/date.test
index 1d77faa55..213174ee8 100644
--- a/tests/date.test
+++ b/tests/date.test
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ testing "-d 1110143115.30" "TZ=UTC date -d 1110143115.30 2>&1" "Sun Nov 10 14:31
 testing "-d 111014312015.30" "TZ=UTC date -d 111014312015.30 2>&1" "Sun Nov 10 14:31:30 UTC 2015\n" "" ""
 
 # Accidentally given a Unix time, we should trivially reject that.
-testing "Unix time missing @" "TZ=UTC date 1438053157 2>&1" \
-  "date: bad date '1438053157'; Wed February 38 05:31:00 UTC 2057 != Sun Mar 10 05:31:00 UTC 2058\n" "" ""
+testing "Unix time missing @" "TZ=UTC date 1438053157 2>/dev/null || echo no" \
+  "no\n" "" ""
 # But some invalid dates are more subtle, like Febuary 29th in a non-leap year.
-testing "Feb 29th" "TZ=UTC date 022900001975 2>&1" \
-  "date: bad date '022900001975'; Wed Feb 29 00:00:00 UTC 1975 != Sat Mar  1 00:00:00 UTC 1975\n" "" ""
+testing "Feb 29th" "TZ=UTC date 022900001975 2>/dev/null || echo no" \
+  "no\n" "" ""