diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Helper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Helper.php
index 156d8dc644..444bbffc76 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Helper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/Helper.php
@@ -66,26 +66,28 @@ abstract class Helper implements HelperInterface
     {
         static $timeFormats = array(
             array(0, '< 1 sec'),
-            array(2, '1 sec'),
-            array(59, 'secs', 1),
+            array(1, '1 sec'),
+            array(2, 'secs', 1),
             array(60, '1 min'),
-            array(3600, 'mins', 60),
-            array(5400, '1 hr'),
-            array(86400, 'hrs', 3600),
-            array(129600, '1 day'),
-            array(604800, 'days', 86400),
+            array(120, 'mins', 60),
+            array(3600, '1 hr'),
+            array(7200, 'hrs', 3600),
+            array(86400, '1 day'),
+            array(172800, 'days', 86400),
         );
 
-        foreach ($timeFormats as $format) {
+        foreach ($timeFormats as $index => $format) {
             if ($secs >= $format[0]) {
-                continue;
-            }
+                if ((isset($timeFormats[$index + 1]) && $secs < $timeFormats[$index + 1][0])
+                    || $index == count($timeFormats) - 1
+                ) {
+                    if (2 == count($format)) {
+                        return $format[1];
+                    }
 
-            if (2 == count($format)) {
-                return $format[1];
+                    return floor($secs / $format[2]).' '.$format[1];
+                }
             }
-
-            return ceil($secs / $format[2]).' '.$format[1];
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/HelperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/HelperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33fa22051a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/HelperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Console\Tests\Helper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Helper;
+
+class HelperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function formatTimeProvider()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(0,      '< 1 sec'),
+            array(1,      '1 sec'),
+            array(2,      '2 secs'),
+            array(59,     '59 secs'),
+            array(60,     '1 min'),
+            array(61,     '1 min'),
+            array(119,    '1 min'),
+            array(120,    '2 mins'),
+            array(121,    '2 mins'),
+            array(3599,   '59 mins'),
+            array(3600,   '1 hr'),
+            array(7199,   '1 hr'),
+            array(7200,   '2 hrs'),
+            array(7201,   '2 hrs'),
+            array(86399,  '23 hrs'),
+            array(86400,  '1 day'),
+            array(86401,  '1 day'),
+            array(172799, '1 day'),
+            array(172800, '2 days'),
+            array(172801, '2 days'),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider formatTimeProvider
+     *
+     * @param int    $secs
+     * @param string $expectedFormat
+     */
+    public function testFormatTime($secs, $expectedFormat)
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedFormat, Helper::formatTime($secs));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
index ffe5bed086..c6bbe81c98 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
@@ -591,17 +591,17 @@ class ProgressBarTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $this->generateOutput(
                 " \033[44;37m Starting the demo... fingers crossed  \033[0m\n".
                 '  0/15 '.$progress.str_repeat($empty, 26)."   0%\n".
-                " \xf0\x9f\x8f\x81  1 sec                          \033[44;37m 0 B \033[0m"
+                " \xf0\x9f\x8f\x81  < 1 sec                        \033[44;37m 0 B \033[0m"
             ).
             $this->generateOutput(
                 " \033[44;37m Looks good to me...                   \033[0m\n".
                 '  4/15 '.str_repeat($done, 7).$progress.str_repeat($empty, 19)."  26%\n".
-                " \xf0\x9f\x8f\x81  1 sec                       \033[41;37m 97 KiB \033[0m"
+                " \xf0\x9f\x8f\x81  < 1 sec                     \033[41;37m 97 KiB \033[0m"
             ).
             $this->generateOutput(
                 " \033[44;37m Thanks, bye                           \033[0m\n".
                 ' 15/15 '.str_repeat($done, 28)." 100%\n".
-                " \xf0\x9f\x8f\x81  1 sec                      \033[41;37m 195 KiB \033[0m"
+                " \xf0\x9f\x8f\x81  < 1 sec                    \033[41;37m 195 KiB \033[0m"
             ),
             stream_get_contents($output->getStream())
         );