diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
index c535883..df859b6 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
   # for any subsequent differentiation.
   #
   # The wholesale replacement of the Rails time type casting is not done to 
-  # preserve the quick conversion for timestamp columns and also any value which
-  # is never changed during the life of the record object.
+  # preserve the quickest conversion for timestamp columns and also any value
+  # which is never changed during the life of the record object.
   #
   # Dates are also handled but only write to cache value converted by plugin 
   # parser. Default read method will retrieve from cache or do default
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
     
     # Adds check for cached time attributes which have been type cast already
     # and value can be used from cache. This prevents the raw time value
-    # from being type cast using default Rails type casting.
+    # from being type cast using default Rails type casting when writing values
+    # to the database.
     def read_attribute(attr_name)
       attr_name = attr_name.to_s
       if !(value = @attributes[attr_name]).nil?
diff --git a/spec/validations_spec.rb b/spec/validations_spec.rb
index 55a78d8..d29d252 100644
--- a/spec/validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/validations_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
 describe ValidatesTimeliness::Validations do
   before :all do
     # freezes time using time_travel plugin
-    Time.now = Time.utc(2008, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)
+    Time.now = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
   end
   
   after :all do
@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::Validations do
         Time.zone.utc_offset.should == 10.hours
       end
     end
-    
-    it "should return Date object valid date string" do
-      parse_method("2000-02-01", :date).should be_kind_of(Date)
-    end
-    
+
     it "should return nil for invalid date string" do
       parse_method("2000-02-30", :date).should be_nil      
     end
@@ -62,19 +58,19 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::Validations do
     end
 
     it "should have error for invalid date component for datetime column" do
-      @person.birth_date_and_time = "1980-02-30 01:02:03"
+      @person.birth_date_and_time = "2000-02-30 01:02:03"
       @person.should_not be_valid
       @person.errors.on(:birth_date_and_time).should == "is not a valid datetime"
     end
 
     it "should have error for invalid time component for datetime column" do
-      @person.birth_date_and_time = "1980-02-30 25:02:03"
+      @person.birth_date_and_time = "2000-02-30 25:02:03"
       @person.should_not be_valid 
       @person.errors.on(:birth_date_and_time).should == "is not a valid datetime"
     end
 
     it "should have error for invalid date value for date column" do
-      @person.birth_date = "1980-02-30"
+      @person.birth_date = "2000-02-30"
       @person.should_not be_valid
       @person.errors.on(:birth_date).should == "is not a valid date"
     end
@@ -86,8 +82,8 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::Validations do
     end
 
     it "should be valid with valid values" do
-      @person.birth_date_and_time = "1980-01-31 12:12:12"
-      @person.birth_date = "1980-01-31"
+      @person.birth_date_and_time = "2000-01-31 12:12:12"
+      @person.birth_date = "2000-01-31"
       @person.should be_valid
     end
     
@@ -337,12 +333,13 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::Validations do
   
   describe "with mixed value and restriction types" do
     before :all do
+      
       class MixedBeforeAndAfter < Person
         validates_timeliness_of :birth_date_and_time, 
                                   :before => Date.new(2008,1,2), 
-                                  :after => lambda { Time.mktime(2008, 1, 1) }
+                                  :after => lambda { "2008-01-01" }
         validates_timeliness_of :birth_date, :type => :date, 
-                                  :on_or_before => lambda { Time.mktime(2008, 1, 2) }, 
+                                  :on_or_before => lambda { "2008-01-01" }, 
                                   :on_or_after => :birth_date_and_time
       end
     end
@@ -379,7 +376,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::Validations do
 
   end
   
-  describe "ignoring rstriction errors" do
+  describe "ignoring restriction errors" do
     before :all do
       class BadRestriction < Person        
         validates_date :birth_date, :before => Proc.new { raise }