diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index ef31f5a66..81b581cdb 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ function bbcode($Text) {
 
 	// Perform URL Search
 
-	$Text = preg_replace("/[^\]\=](https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]*)/", ' <a href="$1" >$1</a>', $Text);
+
+	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]*)/", ' <a href="$2" >$2</a>', $Text);
 
 	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/", '<a href="$1" >$1</a>', $Text);
 	$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.+?)\[/url\])", '<a href="$1" >$2</a>', $Text);
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index 742d25142..24c466bba 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ function dfrn_request_content(&$a) {
 				$myaddr = $a->user['nickname'] . '@' . substr($a->get_baseurl(), strpos($a->get_baseurl(),'://') + 3 );
 			}
 		}
-		elseif($x($_GET,'addr')) {
+		elseif(x($_GET,'addr')) {
 			$myaddr = hex2bin($_GET['addr']);
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/mod/like.php b/mod/like.php
index f256cd9a1..7b2097578 100644
--- a/mod/like.php
+++ b/mod/like.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ EOT;
 	$arr['author-name'] = $contact['name'];
 	$arr['author-link'] = $contact['url'];
 	$arr['author-avatar'] = $contact['thumb'];
-	$arr['body'] = '[url=' . $contact['url'] . ']' . $contact['name'] . '[/url]' . ' ' .  t('likes') . ' ' 
+	$arr['body'] = '[url=' . $contact['url'] . ']' . $contact['name'] . '[/url]' . ' ' . $bodyverb . ' ' 
 		. '[url=' . $item['author-link'] . ']' . $item['author-name'] . t('\'s') . '[/url]' . ' '
 		. '[url=' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner['nickname'] . '/' . $item['id'] . ']' . $post_type . '[/url]' ;
 
diff --git a/view/en/profile_advanced.php b/view/en/profile_advanced.php
index 9aee6c262..d2b9d0612 100644
--- a/view/en/profile_advanced.php
+++ b/view/en/profile_advanced.php
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ EOT;
 
 $o .= '<div id="advanced-profile-dob">' 
 	. ((intval($a->profile['dob'])) 
-		? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$a->profile['dob'],'j F, Y'))
-		: day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),'2001-' . substr($a->profile['dob'],6),'j F'))) 
+		? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$a->profile['dob'] . ' 00:00 +00:00','j F, Y'))
+		: day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','2001-' . substr($a->profile['dob'],6) . ' 00:00 +00:00','j F'))) 
 	. "</div>\r\n</div>";
 
 $o .= '<div id="advanced-profile-dob-end"></div>';
diff --git a/view/it/profile_advanced.php b/view/it/profile_advanced.php
index 899fd56b2..44327f6a6 100644
--- a/view/it/profile_advanced.php
+++ b/view/it/profile_advanced.php
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ EOT;
 
 $o .= '<div id="advanced-profile-dob">' 
 	. ((intval($a->profile['dob'])) 
-		? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$a->profile['dob'],'j F, Y'))
-		: day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),'2001-' . substr($a->profile['dob'],6),'j F'))) 
+		? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$a->profile['dob'] . ' 00:00 +00:00','j F, Y'))
+		: day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','2001-' . substr($a->profile['dob'],6) . ' 00:00 +00:00','j F'))) 
 	. "</div>\r\n</div>";
 
 $o .= '<div id="advanced-profile-dob-end"></div>';