diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 9e91438504..d1ee398d1a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -756,7 +756,6 @@ function meta_form( $post = null ) {
  * @since 0.71
  *
  * @global WP_Locale  $wp_locale
- * @global WP_Comment $comment
  *
  * @param int|bool $edit      Accepts 1|true for editing the date, 0|false for adding the date.
  * @param int|bool $for_post  Accepts 1|true for applying the date to a post, 0|false for a comment.
@@ -765,9 +764,9 @@ function meta_form( $post = null ) {
  *                            Default 0|false.
  */
 function touch_time( $edit = 1, $for_post = 1, $tab_index = 0, $multi = 0 ) {
-	global $wp_locale, $comment;
+	global $wp_locale;
 	$post = get_post();
-
+	
 	if ( $for_post )
 		$edit = ! ( in_array($post->post_status, array('draft', 'pending') ) && (!$post->post_date_gmt || '0000-00-00 00:00:00' == $post->post_date_gmt ) );
 
@@ -779,7 +778,7 @@ function touch_time( $edit = 1, $for_post = 1, $tab_index = 0, $multi = 0 ) {
 	// echo '<label for="timestamp" style="display: block;"><input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="edit_date" value="1" id="timestamp"'.$tab_index_attribute.' /> '.__( 'Edit timestamp' ).'</label><br />';
 
 	$time_adj = current_time('timestamp');
-	$post_date = ($for_post) ? $post->post_date : $comment->comment_date;
+	$post_date = ($for_post) ? $post->post_date : get_comment()->comment_date;
 	$jj = ($edit) ? mysql2date( 'd', $post_date, false ) : gmdate( 'd', $time_adj );
 	$mm = ($edit) ? mysql2date( 'm', $post_date, false ) : gmdate( 'm', $time_adj );
 	$aa = ($edit) ? mysql2date( 'Y', $post_date, false ) : gmdate( 'Y', $time_adj );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index c76e16c06f..8710b37ff7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-33964';
+$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-33965';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.