diff --git a/jest.config.mjs b/jest.config.mjs
index d9fc678189..dd2e9f3146 100644
--- a/jest.config.mjs
+++ b/jest.config.mjs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ export default {
   },
   testEnvironment: 'node',
   testPathIgnorePatterns: ignorePatterns,
+  // Default 5s timeout often fails on Windows :s,
+  // see https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/8259
+  testTimeout: 15000,
   coveragePathIgnorePatterns: [
     ...ignorePatterns,
     // We also ignore all package entry points
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 5980bd3de2..f90699ec75 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ exports[`error prints objects 1`] = `
     "[ERROR] 1,2,3",
   ],
   [
-    "[ERROR] Sat Nov 13 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)",
+    "[ERROR] Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT",
   ],
 ]
 `;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ exports[`info prints objects 1`] = `
     "[INFO] 1,2,3",
   ],
   [
-    "[INFO] Sat Nov 13 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)",
+    "[INFO] Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT",
   ],
 ]
 `;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ exports[`success prints objects 1`] = `
     "[SUCCESS] 1,2,3",
   ],
   [
-    "[SUCCESS] Sat Nov 13 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)",
+    "[SUCCESS] Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT",
   ],
 ]
 `;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ exports[`warn prints objects 1`] = `
     "[WARNING] 1,2,3",
   ],
   [
-    "[WARNING] Sat Nov 13 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)",
+    "[WARNING] Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT",
   ],
 ]
 `;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/index.ts
index 3de5f81c03..23a6220e38 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/index.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ function stringify(msg: unknown): string {
   if (String(msg) === '[object Object]') {
     return JSON.stringify(msg);
   }
+  if (msg instanceof Date) {
+    return msg.toUTCString();
+  }
   return String(msg);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
index 39a762f714..f0971546e5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import type {
 import type {LoadContext} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {Optional} from 'utility-types';
 
-jest.setTimeout(15000);
-
 const fixtureDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__');
 
 const createFakeDocFile = ({
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
index 446a1ea9d0..b05190f16e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import {jest} from '@jest/globals';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import {extractThemeCodeMessages} from '../../src/utils';
 
-// Seems the 5s default timeout fails sometimes
-jest.setTimeout(15000);
-
 describe('theme translations', () => {
   it('has base messages files contain EXACTLY all the translations extracted from the theme. Please run "yarn workspace @docusaurus/theme-translations update" to keep base messages files up-to-date', async () => {
     const baseMessagesDirPath = path.join(__dirname, '../base');