diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/net/ftp.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/net/ftp.xml
index fa0e09eac..a0c599a65 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/net/ftp.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/net/ftp.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     <property name="ftp.filesep" value="/"/>
     <property name="tmp.dir" location="tmp"/>
     <property name="tmp.get.dir" location="tmp.get"/>
+    <property name="tmp.local" location="${tmp.get.dir}"/>
+    <property name="tmp.remote" location="${tmp.dir}"/>
+    <property name="tstamp.format" value="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"/>
+    <property name="server.timestamp.granularity.millis" value="60000"/>
+    <property name="ftp.server.timezone" value="GMT"/>
+
     <fileset dir="${tmp.get.dir}" id="fileset-destination-with-selector">
         <include name="alpha/**"/>
         <filename name="**/alpha.xml" />
@@ -25,12 +31,23 @@
     <fileset dir="${tmp.get.dir}" id="fileset-destination-nofollowsymlinks" followsymlinks="false">
         <include name="alpha/**"/>
     </fileset>
+
+    <filelist dir="${tmp.local}" id="timed-files" files="A.timed,B.timed,C.timed,D.timed"/>
+
+    <patternset id="timed-test-files">
+        <include name="A.timed"/>
+        <include name="B.timed"/>
+        <include name="C.timed"/>
+        <include name="D.timed"/>
+    </patternset>
+
     <target name="setup">
         <mkdir dir="${tmp.get.dir}"/>
         <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}/alpha/beta/gamma"/>
         <touch file="${tmp.dir}/alpha/beta/gamma/gamma.xml"/>
         <touch file="${tmp.dir}/alpha/beta/beta.xml"/>
     </target>
+
     <target name="ftp-get-with-selector">
         <ftp action="get"
             server="${ftp.host}"
@@ -104,5 +121,76 @@
                 <include name="**"/>
             </fileset>
         </ftp>
+    </target>   
+
+    <target name="timed.test.setup">
+        <touch>
+            <filelist refid="timed-files"/>
+        </touch>    
+        <ftp action="put"
+            server="${ftp.host}"
+            userid="${ftp.user}"
+            password="${ftp.password}"
+            separator="${ftp.filesep}"
+            remotedir="${tmp.remote}"
+            >
+            <fileset dir="${tmp.local}">
+                <patternset refid="timed-test-files"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </ftp>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="timed.test.put.older">
+        <tstamp>
+            <format property="five.minutes.older" pattern="${tstamp.format}" offset="-5" unit="minute"/>
+        </tstamp>
+
+        <touch datetime="${five.minutes.older}" pattern="${tstamp.format}" verbose="true">
+            <fileset dir="${tmp.remote}">
+                <include name="A.timed"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </touch>
+        <ftp action="put"
+            server="${ftp.host}"
+            userid="${ftp.user}"
+            password="${ftp.password}"
+            separator="${ftp.filesep}"
+            remotedir="${tmp.remote}"
+            timediffmillis="${server.timestamp.granularity.millis}" 
+            newer="true"
+            serverTimeZoneConfig="${ftp.server.timezone}"
+            >
+            <fileset dir="${tmp.local}">
+                <patternset refid="timed-test-files"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </ftp>
+    </target>
+    <target name="timed.test.get.older">
+        <tstamp>
+            <format property="five.minutes.older" pattern="${tstamp.format}" offset="-5" unit="minute"/>
+        </tstamp>
+
+        <touch datetime="${five.minutes.older}" pattern="${tstamp.format}" verbose="true">
+            <fileset dir="${tmp.local}">
+                <include name="A.timed"/>
+                <include name="C.timed"/>
+                <include name="D.timed"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </touch>
+        <ftp action="get"
+            server="${ftp.host}"
+            userid="${ftp.user}"
+            password="${ftp.password}"
+            separator="${ftp.filesep}"
+            remotedir="${tmp.remote}"
+            preservelastmodified="true"
+            newer="true"
+            serverTimeZoneConfig="${ftp.server.timezone}"
+            >
+            <fileset dir="${tmp.local}">
+                <patternset refid="timed-test-files"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </ftp>
     </target>
+
 </project>
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diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTPTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTPTest.java
index 2678d625a..fdef6b3be 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTPTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTPTest.java
@@ -16,16 +16,23 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.net;
 
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildEvent;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildFileTest;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildListener;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildLogger;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.DefaultLogger;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.net.FTP;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.RegexpMatcher;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.RegexpMatcherFactory;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Vector;
 
 import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient;
 
@@ -537,6 +544,82 @@ public class FTPTest extends BuildFileTest{
                      new String[] {"alpha/beta", "alpha/beta/gamma", "delta"});
 
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * This class enables the use of the log messages as a way of testing 
+     * the number of files actually transferred.
+     * It uses the ant regular expression mechanism to get a regex parser
+     * to parse the log output.
+     */
+    private class CountLogListener extends DefaultLogger {
+        private Vector lastMatchGroups = null;
+        private RegexpMatcher matcher = new RegexpMatcherFactory().newRegexpMatcher();
+
+        /**
+         * The only constructor for a CountLogListener
+         * @param pattern a regular expression pattern.  It should have 
+         * one parenthesized group and that group should contain the
+         * number desired.
+         */
+        public CountLogListener(String pattern) {
+            super();
+            this.matcher.setPattern(pattern);
+        }
+        
+        
+        /* 
+         * @param event the build event that is being logged.
+         */
+        public void messageLogged(BuildEvent event) {
+            String message = event.getMessage();
+            if (this.matcher.matches(message)) {
+                lastMatchGroups = this.matcher.getGroups(message);
+            }
+            super.messageLogged(event);
+        }
+        
+        /**
+         * returns the desired number that results from parsing the log
+         * message
+         * @return the number of files indicated in the desired message or -1
+         * if a matching log message was never found.
+         */
+        public int getCount() {
+            if (this.lastMatchGroups == null) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            return Integer.parseInt((String) this.lastMatchGroups.get(1));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests the combination of the newer parameter and the 
+     * serverTimezoneConfig  parameter in the PUT action.  The default 
+     * configuration is an ftp server on localhost which formats 
+     * timestamps as GMT.
+     */
+    public void testTimezonePut() {
+        CountLogListener log = new CountLogListener("(\\d+) files? sent");
+        getProject().executeTarget("timed.test.setup");
+        getProject().addBuildListener(log);
+        getProject().executeTarget("timed.test.put.older");
+        assertEquals(1, log.getCount());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the combination of the newer parameter and the 
+     * serverTimezoneConfig  parameter in the GET action.  The default 
+     * configuration is an ftp server on localhost which formats 
+     * timestamps as GMT.
+     */
+    public void testTimezoneGet() {
+        CountLogListener log = new CountLogListener("(\\d+) files? retrieved");
+        getProject().executeTarget("timed.test.setup");
+        getProject().addBuildListener(log);
+        getProject().executeTarget("timed.test.get.older");
+        assertEquals(3, log.getCount());
+    }
+
     /**
      *  this test is inspired by a user reporting that deletions of directories with the ftp task do not work
      */