diff --git a/datapoint/Forecast.py b/datapoint/Forecast.py
index 197c028..6ca6e4e 100644
--- a/datapoint/Forecast.py
+++ b/datapoint/Forecast.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import sys
 
 class Forecast(object):
     def __init__(self, api_key=""):
@@ -14,14 +15,24 @@ def __init__(self, api_key=""):
         self.elevation = None
         self.days = []
 
+    def timedelta_total_seconds(self, timedelta):
+        return (
+            timedelta.microseconds + 0.0 +
+            (timedelta.seconds + timedelta.days * 24 * 3600) * 10 ** 6) / 10 ** 6
+
     def now(self):
         """
         Function to return just the current timestep from this forecast
         """
         now = None
         d = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
-        msm = (d - d.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)).total_seconds() / 60
-        if self.days[0].date == d.strftime("%Y-%m-%dZ"):
+        for_total_seconds = d - d.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+        # python 2.6 does not have timedelta.total_seconds()
+        if sys.version_info < (2,7):
+            msm = self.timedelta_total_seconds(for_total_seconds) / 60
+        else:
+            msm = for_total_seconds.total_seconds() / 60
+        if self.days[0].date.strftime("%Y-%m-%dZ") == d.strftime("%Y-%m-%dZ"):
             for timestep in self.days[0].timesteps:
                 if timestep.name > msm:
                     break
diff --git a/tests/unit/forecast_test.py b/tests/unit/forecast_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31c8a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/forecast_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from types import *
+from nose.tools import *
+
+import datetime
+
+import datapoint
+
+
+
+class TestForecast:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.forecast = datapoint.Forecast.Forecast()
+
+    def test_forecast_now_works(self):
+        test_day = datapoint.Day.Day()
+        test_day.date = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        
+        test_timestep = datapoint.Timestep.Timestep()
+        test_timestep.name = 1
+        
+        test_day.timesteps.append(test_timestep)        
+        
+        self.forecast.days.append(test_day)        
+        assert self.forecast.now()