diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 46251534ecd3d..a3b425287d11f 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* select_datetime and select_time default to Time.zone.now when config.time_zone is set [Geoff Buesing]
+
 * datetime_select defaults to Time.zone.now when config.time_zone is set [Geoff Buesing]
 
 * Remove ActionController::Base#view_controller_internals flag. [Pratik]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index 23b7f3ba7c9c4..9f7790d0f9cb1 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def datetime_select(object_name, method, options = {}, html_options = {})
       #   # prefixed with 'payday' rather than 'date'
       #   select_datetime(my_date_time, :prefix => 'payday')
       #
-      def select_datetime(datetime = Time.now, options = {}, html_options = {})
+      def select_datetime(datetime = Time.current, options = {}, html_options = {})
         separator = options[:datetime_separator] || ''
         select_date(datetime, options, html_options) + separator + select_time(datetime, options, html_options)
        end
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def select_date(date = Date.today, options = {}, html_options = {})
       #   # separated by ':' and includes an input for seconds
       #   select_time(my_time, :time_separator => ':', :include_seconds => true)
       #
-      def select_time(datetime = Time.now, options = {}, html_options = {})
+      def select_time(datetime = Time.current, options = {}, html_options = {})
         separator = options[:time_separator] || ''
         select_hour(datetime, options, html_options) + separator + select_minute(datetime, options, html_options) + (options[:include_seconds] ? separator + select_second(datetime, options, html_options) : '')
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
index fab41d801d1ea..2373600bfeb8e 100755
--- a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
@@ -933,6 +933,24 @@ def test_select_time_with_html_options
     assert_dom_equal expected, select_time(Time.mktime(2003, 8, 16, 8, 4, 18), {}, :class => 'selector')
     assert_dom_equal expected, select_time(Time.mktime(2003, 8, 16, 8, 4, 18), {:include_seconds => false}, :class => 'selector')
   end
+  
+  uses_mocha 'TestDatetimeAndTimeSelectUseTimeCurrentAsDefault' do
+    def test_select_datetime_uses_time_current_as_default
+      time = stub(:year => 2004, :month => 6, :day => 15, :hour => 16, :min => 35, :sec => 0)
+      Time.expects(:current).returns time
+      expects(:select_date).with(time, anything, anything).returns('')
+      expects(:select_time).with(time, anything, anything).returns('')
+      select_datetime
+    end
+    
+    def test_select_time_uses_time_current_as_default
+      time = stub(:year => 2004, :month => 6, :day => 15, :hour => 16, :min => 35, :sec => 0)
+      Time.expects(:current).returns time
+      expects(:select_hour).with(time, anything, anything).returns('')
+      expects(:select_minute).with(time, anything, anything).returns('')
+      select_time
+    end
+  end
 
   def test_date_select
     @post = Post.new