diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index 89c08ede7b5..5332f2be691 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -86,17 +86,14 @@ def test_date_time(self):
         #  output.
         magic_date = (1999, 3, 17, 22, 44, 55, 2, 76, 0)
         strftime_output = time.strftime("%c", magic_date)
-        self.assertTrue(strftime_output == time.strftime(self.LT_ins.LC_date_time,
-                                                         magic_date),
-                        "LC_date_time incorrect")
+        self.assertEqual(time.strftime(self.LT_ins.LC_date_time, magic_date),
+                         strftime_output, "LC_date_time incorrect")
         strftime_output = time.strftime("%x", magic_date)
-        self.assertTrue(strftime_output == time.strftime(self.LT_ins.LC_date,
-                                                         magic_date),
-                        "LC_date incorrect")
+        self.assertEqual(time.strftime(self.LT_ins.LC_date, magic_date),
+                         strftime_output, "LC_date incorrect")
         strftime_output = time.strftime("%X", magic_date)
-        self.assertTrue(strftime_output == time.strftime(self.LT_ins.LC_time,
-                                                         magic_date),
-                        "LC_time incorrect")
+        self.assertEqual(time.strftime(self.LT_ins.LC_time, magic_date),
+                         strftime_output, "LC_time incorrect")
         LT = _strptime.LocaleTime()
         LT.am_pm = ('', '')
         self.assertTrue(LT.LC_time, "LocaleTime's LC directives cannot handle "