diff --git a/tests/PayPal/Test/Functional/Setup.php b/tests/PayPal/Test/Functional/Setup.php
index 529ffd0..86be9e1 100644
--- a/tests/PayPal/Test/Functional/Setup.php
+++ b/tests/PayPal/Test/Functional/Setup.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Setup
             'log.LogEnabled' => true,
             'log.FileName' => '../PayPal.log',
             'log.LogLevel' => 'FINE',
-            'validation.level' => 'log'
+            'validation.level' => 'strict'
         );
         $test->apiContext = new ApiContext(
             new OAuthTokenCredential('AYSq3RDGsmBLJE-otTkBtM-jBRd1TCQwFf9RGfwddNXWz0uFU9ztymylOhRS', 'EGnHDxD_qRPdaLdZz8iCr8N7_MzF-YHPTkjs6NKYQvQSBngp4PTTVWkPZRbL')
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index 7e462c0..1e67884 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 // Include the composer autoloader
 $loader = require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
+    date_default_timezone_set('GMT');
+}
 $loader->add('PayPal\\Test', __DIR__);
 if (!defined("PP_CONFIG_PATH")) {
     define("PP_CONFIG_PATH", __DIR__);