diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/DateTime.pm b/lib/WebGUI/DateTime.pm
index 482f2fcec..556918681 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/DateTime.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/DateTime.pm
@@ -484,14 +484,14 @@ Returns an array of time elements. The elements are: years, months, days, hours,
 
 =item epoch
 
-The number of seconds since January 1, 1970.
+The number of seconds since January 1, 1970. Defaults to now.
 
 =back
 
 =cut
 
 sub localtime {
-	return Date::Calc::Localtime($_[0]);
+	return Date::Calc::Localtime($_[0]||WebGUI::DateTime::time());
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Grouping.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Grouping.pm
index db19142c6..b4a54d570 100755
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Grouping.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Grouping.pm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ sub addUsersToGroups {
 			my ($isIn) = WebGUI::SQL->quickArray("select count(*) from groupings where groupId=$gid and userId=$uid");
 			unless ($isIn) {
                 		WebGUI::SQL->write("insert into groupings (groupId,userId,expireDate) 
-					values ($gid, $uid, ".(time()+$expireOffset).")");
+					values ($gid, $uid, ".(WebGUI::DateTime::time()+$expireOffset).")");
 			}
 		}
         }
diff --git a/sbin/Hourly/EmptyTrash.pm b/sbin/Hourly/EmptyTrash.pm
index 952415c7a..9500691fd 100644
--- a/sbin/Hourly/EmptyTrash.pm
+++ b/sbin/Hourly/EmptyTrash.pm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use WebGUI::SQL;
 
 #-----------------------------------------
 sub process {
-        my @date = WebGUI::DateTime::localtime();
+        my @date = WebGUI::DateTime::localtime(WebGUI::DateTime::time());
 	if ($date[1] == $session{config}{EmptyTrash_day} && $date[4] == 1) { # only occurs at 1am on the day in question.
 		WebGUI::ErrorHandler::audit("emptying system trash");
 		WebGUI::Operation::Trash::_recursePageTree(3);
diff --git a/sbin/Hourly/NotifyExpiredGroupings.pm b/sbin/Hourly/NotifyExpiredGroupings.pm
index ee70ebd3d..87d30411b 100644
--- a/sbin/Hourly/NotifyExpiredGroupings.pm
+++ b/sbin/Hourly/NotifyExpiredGroupings.pm
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@ use WebGUI::SQL;
 
 #-----------------------------------------
 sub process {
-	my @date = WebGUI::DateTime::localtime();
+	my @date = WebGUI::DateTime::localtime(WebGUI::DateTime::time());
         if ($date[4] == 1) { # only occurs at 1am on the day in question.
-		my $now = time();
+		my $now = WebGUI::DateTime::time();
         	my $a = WebGUI::SQL->read("select groupId,expireNotifyOffset,expireNotifyMessage from groups
 			where expireNotify=1");
         	while (my $group = $a->hashRef) {
 			my $start = $now + (86400 * $group->{expireNotifyOffset});
 			my $end = $start + 86400;
-			my $b = WebGUI::SQL->read("select userId from groupings where expireDate>=".$start." and expireDate<=".$end);
+			my $b = WebGUI::SQL->read("select userId from groupings where groupId=".$group->{groupId}." and 
+				expireDate>=".$start." and expireDate<=".$end);
 			while (my ($userId) = $b->array) { 
 				WebGUI::MessageLog::addEntry($userId,"",WebGUI::International::get(867),$group->{expireNotifyMessage});
 			}
diff --git a/sbin/Hourly/SyncProfilesToLDAP.pm b/sbin/Hourly/SyncProfilesToLDAP.pm
index 6653b52d5..942df435c 100644
--- a/sbin/Hourly/SyncProfilesToLDAP.pm
+++ b/sbin/Hourly/SyncProfilesToLDAP.pm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sub _alias {
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub process {
 	my (@date, $userId, $u, $uri, $port, %args, $fieldName, $ldap, $search, $a, $b);
-	@date = WebGUI::DateTime::localtime();
+	@date = WebGUI::DateTime::localtime(WebGUI::DateTime::time());
 	if ($date[3] == $session{config}{SyncProfilesToLDAP_hour}) { 
 		$a = WebGUI::SQL->read("select userId from users where authMethod='LDAP'");
 		while (($userId) = $a->array) {