diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
index 978dade84..8b3098998 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ class Controller extends Object implements CakeEventListener {
  * @return array Array with keys url, status and exit
  */
 	protected function _parseBeforeRedirect($response, $url, $status, $exit) {
-		if (is_array($response) && isset($response[0])) {
+		if (is_array($response) && array_key_exists(0, $response)) {
 			foreach ($response as $resp) {
 				if (is_array($resp) && isset($resp['url'])) {
 					extract($resp, EXTR_OVERWRITE);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehavior.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehavior.php
index 98989b64a..92df83695 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehavior.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehavior.php
@@ -92,21 +92,25 @@ class ContainableBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
  */
 	public function beforeFind(Model $Model, $query) {
 		$reset = (isset($query['reset']) ? $query['reset'] : true);
-		$noContain = (
-			(isset($this->runtime[$Model->alias]['contain']) && empty($this->runtime[$Model->alias]['contain'])) ||
-			(isset($query['contain']) && empty($query['contain']))
-		);
+		$noContain = false;
 		$contain = array();
+
 		if (isset($this->runtime[$Model->alias]['contain'])) {
+			$noContain = empty($this->runtime[$Model->alias]['contain']);
 			$contain = $this->runtime[$Model->alias]['contain'];
 			unset($this->runtime[$Model->alias]['contain']);
 		}
+
 		if (isset($query['contain'])) {
-			$contain = array_merge($contain, (array)$query['contain']);
+			$noContain = $noContain || empty($query['contain']);
+			if ($query['contain'] !== false) {
+				$contain = array_merge($contain, (array)$query['contain']);
+			}
 		}
+		$noContain = $noContain && empty($contain);
+
 		if (
-			$noContain || !$contain || in_array($contain, array(null, false), true) ||
-			(isset($contain[0]) && $contain[0] === null)
+			$noContain || empty($contain) || (isset($contain[0]) && $contain[0] === null)
 		) {
 			if ($noContain) {
 				$query['recursive'] = -1;
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
index 8dcdf3b9b..9f9e63bac 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ class Model extends Object implements CakeEventListener {
 
 		if ($options['validate'] === 'first') {
 			$validates = $this->validateAssociated($data, $options);
-			if ((!$validates && $options['atomic']) || (!$options['atomic'] && in_array(false, $validates, true))) {
+			if ((!$validates && $options['atomic']) || (!$options['atomic'] && in_array(false, Hash::flatten($validates), true))) {
 				return $validates;
 			}
 			$options['validate'] = false;
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php
index 0051e93a6..3c6367058 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php
@@ -285,6 +285,19 @@ class ContainableBehaviorTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that mixing contain() and the contain find option.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testContainAndContainOption() {
+		$this->Article->contain();
+		$r = $this->Article->find('all', array(
+			'contain' => array('Comment')
+		));
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($r[0]['Comment']), 'No comment returned');
+	}
+
 /**
  * testFindEmbeddedNoBindings method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
index 31327e7de..d317f6ca9 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
@@ -4830,6 +4830,51 @@ class ModelWriteTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result[6]['Attachment']);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that validate = first, atomic = false works when associated records
+ * fail validation.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSaveAssociatedAtomicFalseValidateFirstWithErrors() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('Comment', 'Article', 'User');
+		$Article = ClassRegistry::init('Article');
+		$Article->Comment->validator()->add('comment', array(
+			array('rule' => 'notEmpty')
+		));
+
+		$data = array(
+			'Article' => array(
+				'user_id' => 1,
+				'title' => 'Foo',
+				'body' => 'text',
+				'published' => 'N'
+			),
+			'Comment' => array(
+				array(
+					'user_id' => 1,
+					'comment' => '',
+					'published' => 'N',
+				)
+			),
+		);
+
+		$Article->saveAssociated(
+			$data,
+			array('validate' => 'first', 'atomic' => false)
+		);
+
+		$result = $Article->validationErrors;
+		$expected = array(
+			'Comment' => array(
+				array(
+					'comment' => array( 'This field cannot be left blank' )
+				)
+			)
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testSaveMany method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
index 04b1b3cde..7185ef00f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
@@ -779,17 +779,17 @@ class CakeTimeTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$expected = time();
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString(time(), $yourTimezone);
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString(time(), $timezoneServer->getName());
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString(time(), $timezoneServer);
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		Configure::write('Config.timezone', $timezoneServer->getName());
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString(time());
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 		Configure::delete('Config.timezone');
 	}
 
@@ -807,17 +807,17 @@ class CakeTimeTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString('+1 hour');
 		$expected = strtotime('+1 hour');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		$timezone = date('Z', time());
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString('+1 hour', $timezone);
 		$expected = $this->Time->convert(strtotime('+1 hour'), $timezone);
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		$timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString('+1 hour', $timezone);
 		$expected = $this->Time->convert(strtotime('+1 hour'), $timezone);
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 		$date = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Europe/London'));
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ class CakeTimeTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
 		$expected = $date->format('U') + $date->getOffset();
 
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		date_default_timezone_set('Australia/Melbourne');
 
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ class CakeTimeTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = $this->Time->fromString($date, 'Asia/Kuwait');
 		$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kuwait'));
 		$expected = $date->format('U') + $date->getOffset();
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertWithinMargin($expected, $result, 1);
 
 		$this->_restoreSystemTimezone();
 	}
@@ -1058,10 +1058,10 @@ class CakeTimeTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	public function testCorrectTimezoneConversion() {
 		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 		$date = '2012-01-01 10:00:00';
-		$converted = CakeTime::format($date, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', '', 'Europe/Copenhagen');
+		$converted = CakeTime::format($date, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M', '', 'Europe/Copenhagen');
 		$expected = new DateTime($date);
 		$expected->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Europe/Copenhagen'));
-		$this->assertEquals($expected->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $converted);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected->format('Y-m-d H:i'), $converted);
 	}
 
 }