diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
index a4dfd5c11b..095a5c00bd 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* test_time_with_datetime_fallback expects DateTime.local_offset instead of DateTime.now.offset [Geoff Buesing]
+
 * Adding TimeWithZone #marshal_dump and #marshal_load [Geoff Buesing]
 
 * Add OrderedHash#to_hash [josh]
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
index 628f07d6c4..fd5ca5aa55 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
@@ -419,9 +419,9 @@ class TimeExtCalculationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, 2005, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), Time.utc(2005, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30)
     assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:local, 2005, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), Time.local(2005, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30)
     assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, 2039, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), DateTime.civil(2039, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, 0, 0)
-    assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:local, 2039, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), DateTime.civil(2039, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, DateTime.now.offset, 0)
+    assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:local, 2039, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), DateTime.civil(2039, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, DateTime.local_offset, 0)
     assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, 1900, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), DateTime.civil(1900, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, 0, 0)
-    assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:local, 1900, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), DateTime.civil(1900, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, DateTime.now.offset, 0)
+    assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:local, 1900, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30), DateTime.civil(1900, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, DateTime.local_offset, 0)
     assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, 2005), Time.utc(2005)
     assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, 2039), DateTime.civil(2039, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
     assert_equal Time.time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, 2005, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, 1), Time.utc(2005, 2, 21, 17, 44, 30, 1) #with usec