diff --git a/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp b/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp
index 369dc3e5..8f550e1a 100644
--- a/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp
+++ b/rai/core_test/rpc.cpp
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ TEST (rpc, account_info)
 	std::string balance (response.json.get<std::string> ("balance"));
 	ASSERT_EQ ("100", balance);
 	std::string modified_timestamp (response.json.get<std::string> ("modified_timestamp"));
-	ASSERT_TRUE (time - stol (modified_timestamp) < 5);
+	ASSERT_LT (std::abs ((long)time - stol (modified_timestamp)), 5);
 	std::string block_count (response.json.get<std::string> ("block_count"));
 	ASSERT_EQ ("2", block_count);
 	boost::optional<std::string> weight (response.json.get_optional<std::string> ("weight"));
@@ -3092,7 +3092,7 @@ TEST (rpc, ledger)
 		std::string balance_text (accounts.second.get<std::string> ("balance"));
 		ASSERT_EQ ("340282366920938463463374607431768211355", balance_text);
 		std::string modified_timestamp (accounts.second.get<std::string> ("modified_timestamp"));
-		ASSERT_EQ (std::to_string (time), modified_timestamp);
+		ASSERT_LT (std::abs ((long)time - stol (modified_timestamp)), 5);
 		std::string block_count (accounts.second.get<std::string> ("block_count"));
 		ASSERT_EQ ("1", block_count);
 		boost::optional<std::string> weight (accounts.second.get_optional<std::string> ("weight"));