3 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
index 159b7d8366..c24c8619c6 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
@@ -758,33 +758,29 @@ end
 class TimeExtMarshalingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_marshaling_with_utc_instance
     t = Time.utc(2000)
-    marshaled = Marshal.dump t
-    unmarshaled = Marshal.load marshaled
-    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
+    unmarshaled = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(t))
     assert_equal "UTC", unmarshaled.zone
+    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
   end
 
   def test_marshaling_with_local_instance
     t = Time.local(2000)
-    marshaled = Marshal.dump t
-    unmarshaled = Marshal.load marshaled
-    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
+    unmarshaled = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(t))
     assert_equal t.zone, unmarshaled.zone
+    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
   end
 
   def test_marshaling_with_frozen_utc_instance
     t = Time.utc(2000).freeze
-    marshaled = Marshal.dump t
-    unmarshaled = Marshal.load marshaled
-    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
+    unmarshaled = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(t))
     assert_equal "UTC", unmarshaled.zone
+    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
   end
 
   def test_marshaling_with_frozen_local_instance
     t = Time.local(2000).freeze
-    marshaled = Marshal.dump t
-    unmarshaled = Marshal.load marshaled
-    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
+    unmarshaled = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(t))
     assert_equal t.zone, unmarshaled.zone
+    assert_equal t, unmarshaled
   end
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb b/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb
index 5c2b44f188..2fba62bdd6 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/message_encryptor_test.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'active_support/time'
 class MessageEncryptorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @encryptor = ActiveSupport::MessageEncryptor.new(ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(64))
-    @data = {:some=>"data", :now=>Time.now}
+    @data = { :some => "data", :now => Time.local(2010) }
   end
   
   def test_simple_round_tripping
diff --git a/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb b/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb
index 714a3b3a39..4821311244 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/message_verifier_test.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require 'active_support/time'
 class MessageVerifierTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new("Hey, I'm a secret!")
-    @data = {:some=>"data", :now=>Time.now}
+    @data = { :some => "data", :now => Time.local(2010) }
   end
 
   def test_simple_round_tripping