diff --git a/strftime.js b/strftime.js
index 8440b0c..217fae7 100644
--- a/strftime.js
+++ b/strftime.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         case 'j':
           var y=new Date(d.getFullYear(), 0, 1);
           var day = Math.ceil((d.getTime() - y.getTime()) / (1000*60*60*24));
-          return day;
+          return pad(day, 3);
         case 'k': return pad(d.getHours(), padding == null ? ' ' : padding);
         case 'L': return pad(Math.floor(d.getTime() % 1000), 3);
         case 'l': return pad(hours12(d), padding == null ? ' ' : padding);
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 2aac49a..8855f35 100755
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ ok('Exports')
 if (!process.env.TZ || process.env.TZ == 'America/Vancouver') {
   testTimezone('P[DS]T')
   assert.format('%C', '01', '01', new Date(100, 0, 1))
+  assert.format('%j', '097', '098', new Date(1365390736236))
   ok('Time zones (' + process.env.TZ + ')')
 }
 else if (process.env.TZ == 'CET') {
   testTimezone('CES?T')
   assert.format('%C', '01', '00', new Date(100, 0, 1))
+  assert.format('%j', '098', '098', new Date(1365390736236))
   ok('Time zones (' + process.env.TZ + ')')
 }
 else {