diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 071c82cce..ff986267b 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
    may not have started at all.
    Bugzilla Report 45227.
 
+ * If the number of minutes a build takes is bigger then 1000 Ant will
+   no longer print a thousands separator in the "elapsed time"
+   message.  It used to be the thousands separator of the current
+   locale.
+   Bugzilla Report 44659.
+
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtils.java
index 30fd884cc..c9216d262 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtils.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public final class DateUtils {
 
     private static final double[] LIMITS = {0, 1, 2};
 
-    private static final String[] MINUTES_PART = {"", "1 minute ", "{0,number} minutes "};
+    private static final String[] MINUTES_PART = {"", "1 minute ", "{0,number,###############} minutes "};
 
     private static final String[] SECONDS_PART = {"0 seconds", "1 second", "{1,number} seconds"};
 
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtilsTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtilsTest.java
index 0cec840c7..b69f6f091 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/DateUtilsTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class DateUtilsTest extends TestCase {
     }
 
     // https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44659
-    public void XtestLongElapsedTime(){
+    public void testLongElapsedTime(){
         assertEquals("2926 minutes 13 seconds",
                      DateUtils.formatElapsedTime(1000 * 175573));
     }