diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index 531d1d3..5f0427f 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 		$datestr = str_replace(
 			'%\\',
 			'',
-			preg_replace("/([a-z]+?){1}/i", "\\\\\\1", $datestr)
+			preg_replace('/([a-z]+?){1}/i', '\\\\\\1', $datestr)
 		);
 
 		return date($datestr, $time);
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@
 		}
 
 		return mktime(
-			gmdate("H", $time),
-			gmdate("i", $time),
-			gmdate("s", $time),
-			gmdate("m", $time),
-			gmdate("d", $time),
-			gmdate("Y", $time)
+			gmdate('H', $time),
+			gmdate('i', $time),
+			gmdate('s', $time),
+			gmdate('m', $time),
+			gmdate('d', $time),
+			gmdate('Y', $time)
 		);
 	}
 }
@@ -452,8 +452,7 @@
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		$datestr = trim($datestr);
-		$datestr = preg_replace("/\040+/", ' ', $datestr);
+		$datestr = preg_replace('/\040+/', ' ', trim($datestr));
 
 		if ( ! preg_match('/^[0-9]{2,4}\-[0-9]{1,2}\-[0-9]{1,2}\s[0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{1,2}(?::[0-9]{1,2})?(?:\s[AP]M)?$/i', $datestr))
 		{
@@ -462,20 +461,20 @@
 
 		$split = explode(' ', $datestr);
 
-		$ex = explode("-", $split['0']);
+		$ex = explode('-', $split['0']);
 
-		$year  = (strlen($ex['0']) == 2) ? '20'.$ex['0'] : $ex['0'];
-		$month = (strlen($ex['1']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['1']  : $ex['1'];
-		$day   = (strlen($ex['2']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['2']  : $ex['2'];
+		$year  = (strlen($ex[0]) === 2) ? '20'.$ex[0] : $ex[0];
+		$month = (strlen($ex[1]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[1]  : $ex[1];
+		$day   = (strlen($ex[2]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[2]  : $ex[2];
 
-		$ex = explode(":", $split['1']);
+		$ex = explode(':', $split['1']);
 
-		$hour = (strlen($ex['0']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['0'] : $ex['0'];
-		$min  = (strlen($ex['1']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['1'] : $ex['1'];
+		$hour = (strlen($ex[0]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[0] : $ex[0];
+		$min  = (strlen($ex[1]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[1] : $ex[1];
 
-		if (isset($ex['2']) && preg_match('/[0-9]{1,2}/', $ex['2']))
+		if (isset($ex['2']) && preg_match('/[0-9]{1,2}/', $ex[2]))
 		{
-			$sec  = (strlen($ex['2']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['2'] : $ex['2'];
+			$sec  = (strlen($ex[2]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[2] : $ex[2];
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -485,11 +484,11 @@
 
 		if (isset($split['2']))
 		{
-			$ampm = strtolower($split['2']);
+			$ampm = strtolower($split[2]);
 
 			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'p' && $hour < 12)
 			{
-				$hour = $hour + 12;
+				$hour += 12;
 			}
 
 			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'a' && $hour == 12)
@@ -497,7 +496,7 @@
 				$hour =  '00';
 			}
 
-			if (strlen($hour) == 1)
+			if (strlen($hour) === 1)
 			{
 				$hour = '0'.$hour;
 			}
@@ -529,7 +528,7 @@
 		// Date like: YYYYMM
 		if (preg_match('/^\d{6}$/', $bad_date))
 		{
-			if (in_array(substr($bad_date, 0, 2),array('19', '20')))
+			if (in_array(substr($bad_date, 0, 2), array('19', '20')))
 			{
 				$year  = substr($bad_date, 0, 4);
 				$month = substr($bad_date, 4, 2);
@@ -540,24 +539,24 @@
 				$year   = substr($bad_date, 2, 4);
 			}
 
-			return date($format, strtotime($year . '-' . $month . '-01'));
+			return date($format, strtotime($year.'-'.$month.'-01'));
 		}
 
 		// Date Like: YYYYMMDD
-		if (preg_match('/^\d{8}$/',$bad_date))
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{8}$/', $bad_date))
 		{
 			$month = substr($bad_date, 0, 2);
 			$day   = substr($bad_date, 2, 2);
 			$year  = substr($bad_date, 4, 4);
 
-			return date($format, strtotime($month . '/01/' . $year));
+			return date($format, strtotime($month.'/01/'.$year));
 		}
 
 		// Date Like: MM-DD-YYYY __or__ M-D-YYYY (or anything in between)
-		if (preg_match('/^\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}-\d{4}$/',$bad_date))
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}-\d{4}$/', $bad_date))
 		{
 			list($m, $d, $y) = explode('-', $bad_date);
-			return date($format, strtotime("{$y}-{$m}-{$d}"));
+			return date($format, strtotime($y.'-'.$m.'-'.$d));
 		}
 
 		// Any other kind of string, when converted into UNIX time,
@@ -565,7 +564,7 @@
 		// return "Invalid Date".
 		if (date('U', strtotime($bad_date)) == '0')
 		{
-			return "Invalid Date";
+			return 'Invalid Date';
 		}
 
 		// It's probably a valid-ish date format already
@@ -587,7 +586,7 @@
 	 * @param	string	menu name
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = "", $name = 'timezones')
+	function timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = '', $name = 'timezones')
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 		$CI->lang->load('date');
@@ -605,13 +604,11 @@
 
 		foreach (timezones() as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$selected = ($default == $key) ? " selected='selected'" : '';
-			$menu .= "<option value='{$key}'{$selected}>".$CI->lang->line($key)."</option>\n";
+			$selected = ($default == $key) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
+			$menu .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.$selected.'>'.$CI->lang->line($key)."</option>\n";
 		}
 
-		$menu .= "</select>";
-
-		return $menu;
+		return $menu.'</select>';
 	}
 }