diff --git a/wp-admin/index.php b/wp-admin/index.php
index 1761f20c52..f48fccfcbe 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $title = __('Dashboard');
 require_once('admin-header.php');
 require_once (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rss-functions.php');
 
-$today = current_time('mysql');
+$today = current_time('mysql', 1);
 ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ foreach ($recentposts as $post) {
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php
-if ( $scheduled = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title, post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_date_gmt > '$today'") ) :
+if ( $scheduled = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title, post_date_gmt FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_date_gmt > '$today'") ) :
 ?> 
 <div>
 <h3><?php _e('Scheduled Entries:') ?></h3>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if ( $scheduled = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title, post_date FROM $wpd
 foreach ($scheduled as $post) {
 	if ($post->post_title == '')
 		$post->post_title = sprintf(__('Post #%s'), $post->ID);
-	echo "<li><a href='post.php?action=edit&amp;post=$post->ID' title='" . __('Edit this post') . "'>$post->post_title</a> in " . human_time_diff( time(), strtotime($post->post_date) )  . "</li>";
+	echo "<li><a href='post.php?action=edit&amp;post=$post->ID' title='" . __('Edit this post') . "'>$post->post_title</a> in " . human_time_diff( time(), strtotime($post->post_date_gmt) )  . "</li>";
 }
 ?> 
 </ul>
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php b/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
index 4057603105..95fa576cc9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ function human_time_diff( $from, $to = '' ) {
 	$diff = (int) ($to - $from);
 	if ($diff <= 3600) {
 		$mins = round($diff / 60);
-		$since = sprintf( __('%s mins', $mins) );
+		$since = sprintf( __('%s mins'), $mins);
 	} else if (($diff <= 86400) && ($diff > 3600)) {
 		$hours = round($diff / 3600);
 		if ($hours <= 1)
diff --git a/wp-settings.php b/wp-settings.php
index 96ad239590..2f74a4d6ca 100644
--- a/wp-settings.php
+++ b/wp-settings.php
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ $tableoptions = $wpdb->options;
 $tablepostmeta = $wpdb->postmeta;
 
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php');
+
+$wpdb->hide_errors();
+if ( !update_user_cache() && !strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'install.php') )
+	die("It doesn't look like you've installed WP yet. Try running <a href='wp-admin/install.php'>install.php</a>.");
+$wpdb->show_errors();
+
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions-formatting.php');
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions-post.php');
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/classes.php');
@@ -67,11 +73,6 @@ require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/kses.php');
 
 require_once (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/wp-l10n.php');
 
-$wpdb->hide_errors();
-if ( !update_user_cache() && !strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'install.php') )
-	die("It doesn't look like you've installed WP yet. Try running <a href='wp-admin/install.php'>install.php</a>.");
-$wpdb->show_errors();
-
 if (!strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'install.php') && !strstr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'wp-admin/import')) :
     $querystring_start = '?';
     $querystring_equal = '=';