diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/fake_timers.test.js.snap b/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/fake_timers.test.js.snap
index 235d2ba741f5..39cc8dd4ad64 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/fake_timers.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/fake_timers.test.js.snap
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`FakeTimers runAllTimers warns when trying to advance timers while real timers are used 1`] = `
-"A function to advance timers was called but the timers API is not mocked with fake timers. Call \`jest.useFakeTimers()\` in this test or enable fake timers globally by setting \`\\"timers\\": \\"fake\\"\` in the configuration file. This warning is likely a result of a default configuration change in Jest 15.
-
-Release Blog Post: https://facebook.github.io/jest/blog/2016/09/01/jest-15.html"
-`;
+exports[`FakeTimers runAllTimers warns when trying to advance timers while real timers are used 1`] = `"A function to advance timers was called but the timers API is not mocked with fake timers. Call \`jest.useFakeTimers()\` in this test or enable fake timers globally by setting \`\\"timers\\": \\"fake\\"\` in the configuration file"`;
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/fake_timers.test.js b/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/fake_timers.test.js
index b59e0e00be3f..c5c0060f6ac3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/fake_timers.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/fake_timers.test.js
@@ -28,28 +28,28 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
   describe('construction', () => {
     /* eslint-disable no-new */
     it('installs setTimeout mock', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
       expect(global.setTimeout).not.toBe(undefined);
     });
 
     it('installs clearTimeout mock', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
       expect(global.clearTimeout).not.toBe(undefined);
     });
 
     it('installs setInterval mock', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
       expect(global.setInterval).not.toBe(undefined);
     });
 
     it('installs clearInterval mock', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
       expect(global.clearInterval).not.toBe(undefined);
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     it('mocks process.nextTick if it exists on global', () => {
       const origNextTick = () => {};
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick: origNextTick,
         },
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     it('mocks setImmediate if it exists on global', () => {
       const origSetImmediate = () => {};
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setImmediate: origSetImmediate,
       };
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const origSetImmediate = () => {};
       const origClearImmediate = () => {};
       const global = {
+        Date,
         clearImmediate: origClearImmediate,
         process,
         setImmediate: origSetImmediate,
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
   describe('runAllTicks', () => {
     it('runs all ticks, in order', () => {
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick: () => {},
         },
@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     it('does nothing when no ticks have been scheduled', () => {
       const nextTick = jest.genMockFn();
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick,
         },
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
 
     it('only runs a scheduled callback once', () => {
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick: () => {},
         },
@@ -160,6 +166,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeNextTick = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick: nativeNextTick,
         },
@@ -184,6 +191,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeSetImmediate = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setImmediate: nativeSetImmediate,
       };
@@ -206,6 +214,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeNextTick = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick: nativeNextTick,
         },
@@ -230,6 +239,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeSetImmediate = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setImmediate: nativeSetImmediate,
       };
@@ -253,6 +263,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeSetImmediate = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setImmediate: nativeSetImmediate,
       };
@@ -275,6 +286,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
 
     it('throws before allowing infinite recursion', () => {
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick: () => {},
         },
@@ -306,7 +318,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
 
   describe('runAllTimers', () => {
     it('runs all timers in order', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -349,6 +361,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     it('does nothing when no timers have been scheduled', () => {
       const nativeSetTimeout = jest.genMockFn();
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setTimeout: nativeSetTimeout,
       };
@@ -359,7 +372,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('only runs a setTimeout callback once (ever)', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -375,7 +388,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('runs callbacks with arguments after the interval', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -390,6 +403,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeSetTimeout = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setTimeout: nativeSetTimeout,
       };
@@ -406,7 +420,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('throws before allowing infinite recursion', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({
         global,
         maxLoops: 100,
@@ -423,14 +437,13 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
         timers.runAllTimers();
       }).toThrow(
         new Error(
-          "Ran 100 timers, and there are still more! Assuming we've hit an " +
-            'infinite recursion and bailing out...',
+          'Aborting after running 100 timers, assuming an infinite loop!',
         ),
       );
     });
 
     it('also clears ticks', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -447,7 +460,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
 
   describe('advanceTimersByTime', () => {
     it('runs timers in order', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -486,7 +499,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('does nothing when no timers have been scheduled', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -494,7 +507,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('throws before allowing infinite recursion', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({
         global,
         maxLoops: 100,
@@ -520,7 +533,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
 
   describe('reset', () => {
     it('resets all pending setTimeouts', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -533,7 +546,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('resets all pending setIntervals', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -547,6 +560,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
 
     it('resets all pending ticks callbacks & immediates', () => {
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {
           nextTick: () => {},
         },
@@ -566,7 +580,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('resets current advanceTimersByTime time cursor', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -587,6 +601,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeSetImmediate = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setImmediate: nativeSetImmediate,
       };
@@ -638,7 +653,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     });
 
     it('does not run timers that were cleared in another timer', () => {
-      const global = {process};
+      const global = {Date, process};
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
       timers.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -661,6 +676,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeSetTimeout = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         clearInterval: nativeClearInterval,
         clearTimeout: nativeClearTimeout,
         process,
@@ -706,6 +722,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeSetTimeout = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         clearInterval: nativeClearInterval,
         clearTimeout: nativeClearTimeout,
         process,
@@ -763,6 +780,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
     it('resets mock timer functions even if callback throws', () => {
       const nativeSetTimeout = jest.genMockFn();
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process,
         setTimeout: nativeSetTimeout,
       };
@@ -792,6 +810,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeClearInterval = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         clearInterval: nativeClearInterval,
         clearTimeout: nativeClearTimeout,
         process,
@@ -820,6 +839,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeProcessNextTick = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {nextTick: nativeProcessNextTick},
       };
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
@@ -839,6 +859,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeClearImmediate = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         clearImmediate: nativeClearImmediate,
         process,
         setImmediate: nativeSetImmediate,
@@ -866,6 +887,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeClearInterval = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         clearInterval: nativeClearInterval,
         clearTimeout: nativeClearTimeout,
         process,
@@ -894,6 +916,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeProcessNextTick = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         process: {nextTick: nativeProcessNextTick},
       };
       const timers = new FakeTimers({global, moduleMocker, timerConfig});
@@ -913,6 +936,7 @@ describe('FakeTimers', () => {
       const nativeClearImmediate = jest.genMockFn();
 
       const global = {
+        Date,
         clearImmediate: nativeClearImmediate,
         process,
         setImmediate: nativeSetImmediate,