diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index cc5de21..a73588c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -252,11 +252,13 @@
             self.assertNotEqual(time.gmtime(xmas2002), time.localtime(xmas2002))
 
             # Issue #11886: Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) is called
-            # "EST" (as Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5) instead of "AEST" on some
-            # operating systems (e.g. FreeBSD), which is wrong. See for example
-            # this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=93810
+            # "EST" (as Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5) instead of "AEST"
+            # (non-DST timezone), and "EDT" instead of "AEDT" (DST timezone),
+            # on some operating systems (e.g. FreeBSD), which is wrong. See for
+            # example this bug:
+            # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=93810
             self.assertIn(time.tzname[0], ('AEST' 'EST'), time.tzname[0])
-            self.assertTrue(time.tzname[1] == 'AEDT', str(time.tzname[1]))
+            self.assertTrue(time.tzname[1] in ('AEDT', 'EDT'), str(time.tzname[1]))
             self.assertEqual(len(time.tzname), 2)
             self.assertEqual(time.daylight, 1)
             self.assertEqual(time.timezone, -36000)