diff --git a/activejdbc/src/test/java/org/javalite/activejdbc/ModelTest.java b/activejdbc/src/test/java/org/javalite/activejdbc/ModelTest.java
index c615a0dab..bc3109bfd 100644
--- a/activejdbc/src/test/java/org/javalite/activejdbc/ModelTest.java
+++ b/activejdbc/src/test/java/org/javalite/activejdbc/ModelTest.java
@@ -517,8 +517,7 @@ public void shouldGenerateValidUpdateSQLWithTime() {
         the(Base.exec(updateSql)).shouldBeEqual(1);
 
         alarm = Alarm.findById(alarm.getId());
-        System.out.println("ALARM: " + alarm.get("alarm_time").getClass() + " " + alarm.get("alarm_time"));
-        the(alarm.getTime("alarm_time").toString()).shouldBeEqual(t);
+        the(alarm.getString("alarm_time").startsWith(t)).shouldBeTrue();
     }
 
     @Test(expected = NoSuchElementException.class)