Index: bp-core.php
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--- bp-core.php	(revision 796)
+++ bp-core.php	(working copy)
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@
 
 	/* $newer_date will equal false if we want to know the time elapsed between a date and the current time */
 	/* $newer_date will have a value if we want to work out time elapsed between two known dates */
-	$newer_date = ( $newer_date == false ) ? ( time() + ( 60*60*0 ) ) : $newer_date;
+	$newer_date = ( $newer_date == false ) ? ( current_time('timestamp') + ( 60*60*0 ) ) : $newer_date;
 
 	/* Difference in seconds */
 	$since = $newer_date - $older_date;