diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
index 6dc1bea21..8a7051dbb 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ class TimeHelper extends AppHelper {
 		}
 
 		if ($backwards) {
-			$start = abs($in_seconds - time());
+			$start = floor(abs($in_seconds - time()));
 		} else {
-			$start = abs(time() - $in_seconds);
+			$start = floor(abs(time() - $in_seconds));
 		}
 
 		$months = floor($start / 2638523.0769231);
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ class TimeHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return bool
  */
 	function wasWithinLast($timeInterval, $date_string) {
+		$ret = false;
 		$date = $this->fromString($date_string);
 		$result = preg_split('/\\s/', $timeInterval);
 		$numInterval = $result[0];
@@ -377,7 +378,6 @@ class TimeHelper extends AppHelper {
 			case "seconds":
 			case "second":
 				$timePeriod = $seconds;
-				$ret = $return;
 			break;
 
 			case "minutes":
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php
index 953fe0715..b8949a1e8 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ class TimeTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual($result, 'on ' . date('j/n/y', strtotime('2 months, 2 days')));
 
 		$result = $this->Time->timeAgoInWords(strtotime('2 months, 2 days'), array('end' => '3 month'));
-		$this->assertEqual($result, '2 months, 2 days');
+		$this->assertPattern('/2 months/', $result);
 
 		$result = $this->Time->timeAgoInWords(strtotime('2 months, 12 days'), array('end' => '3 month'));
-		$this->assertEqual($result, '2 months, 1 week, 5 days');
+		$this->assertPattern('/2 months, 1 week/', $result);
 
 		$result = $this->Time->timeAgoInWords(strtotime('3 months, 5 days'), array('end' => '4 month'));
 		$this->assertEqual($result, '3 months, 4 days');
 
 		$result = $this->Time->timeAgoInWords(strtotime('2 months, 2 days'), array('end' => '3 month'));
-		$this->assertEqual($result, '2 months, 2 days');
+		$this->assertPattern('/2 months/', $result);
 
 		$result = $this->Time->timeAgoInWords(strtotime('2 months, 2 days'), array('end' => '1 month', 'format' => 'Y-m-d'));
 		$this->assertEqual($result, 'on ' . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('2 months, 2 days')));