diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
index 9da345458..d4ce34deb 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -2224,9 +2224,9 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'type' => 'time',
 			'selected' => '18:15'
 		));
-		$this->assertRegExp('#<option value="06"[^>]*>6</option>#', $result);
-		$this->assertRegExp('#<option value="15"[^>]*>15</option>#', $result);
-		$this->assertRegExp('#<option value="pm"[^>]*>pm</option>#', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="06" selected="selected">6</option>', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="15" selected="selected">15</option>', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="pm" selected="selected">pm</option>', $result);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -2235,6 +2235,15 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testTimeSelectedWithInterval() {
+		$result = $this->Form->input('Model.start_time', array(
+			'type' => 'time',
+			'interval' => 15,
+			'selected' => '2012-10-23 15:57:00'
+		));
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="04" selected="selected">4</option>', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="00" selected="selected">00</option>', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="pm" selected="selected">pm</option>', $result);
+
 		$result = $this->Form->input('Model.start_time', array(
 			'timeFormat' => 24,
 			'type' => 'time',
@@ -5621,26 +5630,11 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$this->Form->request->data['Model']['field'] = '';
 		$result = $this->Form->hour('Model.field', true, array('value' => '23'));
-		$expected = array(
-			array('select' => array('name' => 'data[Model][field][hour]', 'id' => 'ModelFieldHour')),
-			array('option' => array('value' => '')),
-			'/option',
-			array('option' => array('value' => '00')),
-			'0',
-			'/option',
-			array('option' => array('value' => '01')),
-			'1',
-			'/option',
-			array('option' => array('value' => '02')),
-			'2',
-			'/option',
-			$hoursRegex,
-			array('option' => array('value' => '23', 'selected' => 'selected')),
-			'23',
-			'/option',
-			'/select',
-		);
-		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="23" selected="selected">23</option>', $result);
+
+		$result = $this->Form->hour('Model.field', false, array('value' => '23'));
+		$this->assertContains('<option value="11" selected="selected">11</option>', $result);
+
 
 		$this->Form->request->data['Model']['field'] = '2006-10-10 00:12:32';
 		$result = $this->Form->hour('Model.field', true);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index 301acaaec..ea843e4ae 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -2042,6 +2042,11 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		} elseif ($attributes['value'] === false) {
 			$attributes['value'] = null;
 		}
+
+		if ($attributes['value'] > 12 && !$format24Hours) {
+			$attributes['value'] -= 12;
+		}
+
 		return $this->select(
 			$fieldName . ".hour",
 			$this->_generateOptions($format24Hours ? 'hour24' : 'hour'),
@@ -2206,10 +2211,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 				if (!empty($timeFormat)) {
 					$time = explode(':', $days[1]);
 
-					if (($time[0] > 12) && $timeFormat == '12') {
-						$time[0] = $time[0] - 12;
-						$meridian = 'pm';
-					} elseif ($time[0] == '12' && $timeFormat == '12') {
+					if ($time[0] >= '12' && $timeFormat == '12') {
 						$meridian = 'pm';
 					} elseif ($time[0] == '00' && $timeFormat == '12') {
 						$time[0] = 12;