diff --git a/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/active_record_spec.rb b/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/active_record_spec.rb
index 242f30da8..6ae68348b 100755
--- a/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/active_record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/indirector/catalog/active_record_spec.rb
@@ -1,138 +1,136 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rspec
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe "Puppet::Resource::Catalog::ActiveRecord", :if => can_use_scratch_database? do
   include PuppetSpec::Files
 
   require 'puppet/rails'
 
   before :each do
     require 'puppet/indirector/catalog/active_record'
     setup_scratch_database
   end
 
   let :terminus do
     Puppet::Resource::Catalog::ActiveRecord.new
   end
 
 
   it "should be a subclass of the ActiveRecord terminus class" do
     Puppet::Resource::Catalog::ActiveRecord.ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Indirector::ActiveRecord)
   end
 
   it "should use Puppet::Rails::Host as its ActiveRecord model" do
     Puppet::Resource::Catalog::ActiveRecord.ar_model.should equal(Puppet::Rails::Host)
   end
 
   describe "when finding an instance" do
     let :request do
       stub 'request', :key => "foo", :options => {:cache_integration_hack => true}
     end
 
     # This hack is here because we don't want to look in the db unless we actually want
     # to look in the db, but our indirection architecture in 0.24.x isn't flexible
     # enough to tune that via configuration.
     it "should return nil unless ':cache_integration_hack' is set to true" do
       request.options[:cache_integration_hack] = false
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).never
       terminus.find(request).should be_nil
     end
 
     it "should use the Hosts ActiveRecord class to find the host" do
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).with { |key, args| key == "foo" }
       terminus.find(request)
     end
 
     it "should return nil if no host instance can be found" do
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).returns nil
 
       terminus.find(request).should be_nil
     end
 
     it "should return a catalog with the same name as the host if the host can be found" do
       host = stub 'host', :name => "foo", :resources => []
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).returns host
 
       result = terminus.find(request)
       result.should be_instance_of(Puppet::Resource::Catalog)
       result.name.should == "foo"
     end
 
     it "should set each of the host's resources as a transportable resource within the catalog" do
       host = stub 'host', :name => "foo"
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).returns host
 
       res1 = mock 'res1', :to_transportable => "trans_res1"
       res2 = mock 'res2', :to_transportable => "trans_res2"
 
       host.expects(:resources).returns [res1, res2]
 
       catalog = stub 'catalog'
       Puppet::Resource::Catalog.expects(:new).returns catalog
 
       catalog.expects(:add_resource).with "trans_res1"
       catalog.expects(:add_resource).with "trans_res2"
 
       terminus.find(request)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when saving an instance" do
     let :catalog do Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new("foo") end
     let :request do Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:active_record, :save, catalog) end
     let :node do Puppet::Node.new("foo", :environment => "environment") end
 
     before :each do
       Puppet::Node.indirection.stubs(:find).with("foo").returns(node)
     end
 
     it "should find the Rails host with the same name" do
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).with("foo")
       terminus.save(request)
     end
 
     it "should create a new Rails host if none can be found" do
       Puppet::Rails::Host.find_by_name('foo').should be_nil
       terminus.save(request)
       Puppet::Rails::Host.find_by_name('foo').should be_valid
     end
 
     it "should set the catalog vertices as resources on the Rails host instance" do
       # We need to stub this so we get the same object, not just the same
       # content, otherwise the expect can't fire. :(
       host = Puppet::Rails::Host.create!(:name => "foo")
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).with("foo").returns(host)
       catalog.expects(:vertices).returns("foo")
       host.expects(:merge_resources).with("foo")
 
       terminus.save(request)
     end
 
     it "should set host ip if we could find a matching node" do
       node.merge("ipaddress" => "192.168.0.1")
       terminus.save(request)
       Puppet::Rails::Host.find_by_name("foo").ip.should == '192.168.0.1'
     end
 
     it "should set host environment if we could find a matching node" do
       terminus.save(request)
       Puppet::Rails::Host.find_by_name("foo").environment.should == "environment"
     end
 
     it "should set the last compile time on the host" do
       now = Time.now
-      Time.stubs(:now).returns now
-
       terminus.save(request)
-      Puppet::Rails::Host.find_by_name("foo").last_compile.should == now
+      Puppet::Rails::Host.find_by_name("foo").last_compile.should be_within(1).of(now)
     end
 
     it "should save the Rails host instance" do
       host = Puppet::Rails::Host.create!(:name => "foo")
       Puppet::Rails::Host.expects(:find_by_name).with("foo").returns(host)
       host.expects(:save)
 
       terminus.save(request)
     end
   end
 end