diff --git a/src/groups.js b/src/groups.js
index e12b09e66c..6cff59ded0 100644
--- a/src/groups.js
+++ b/src/groups.js
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			if (exists) {
 				return callback(new Error('[[error:group-already-exists]]'));
 			}
-			var now = Date.now();
+			var timestamp = data.timestamp || Date.now();
 
 			var slug = utils.slugify(data.name),
 				groupData = {
 					name: data.name,
 					slug: slug,
-					createtime: now,
+					createtime: timestamp,
 					userTitle: data.name,
 					description: data.description || '',
 					memberCount: 0,
@@ -530,13 +530,13 @@ var async = require('async'),
 					private: data.private || '1'
 				},
 				tasks = [
-					async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'groups:createtime', now, data.name),
+					async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'groups:createtime', timestamp, data.name),
 					async.apply(db.setObject, 'group:' + data.name, groupData)
 				];
 
 			if (data.hasOwnProperty('ownerUid')) {
 				tasks.push(async.apply(db.setAdd, 'group:' + data.name + ':owners', data.ownerUid));
-				tasks.push(async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'group:' + data.name + ':members', now, data.ownerUid));
+				tasks.push(async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'group:' + data.name + ':members', timestamp, data.ownerUid));
 				tasks.push(async.apply(db.setObjectField, 'group:' + data.name, 'memberCount', 1));
 
 				groupData.ownerUid = data.ownerUid;
diff --git a/src/posts/create.js b/src/posts/create.js
index 4e4aa5433a..4589e6ae9f 100644
--- a/src/posts/create.js
+++ b/src/posts/create.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 module.exports = function(Posts) {
 	Posts.create = function(data, callback) {
+		// This is an internal method, consider using Topics.reply instead
 		var uid = data.uid,
 			tid = data.tid,
 			content = data.content.toString(),
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index 5f5ea7b129..1aee41e01a 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 module.exports = function(Topics) {
 
 	Topics.create = function(data, callback) {
+		// This is an interal method, consider using Topics.post instead
 		var uid = data.uid,
 			title = data.title,
 			cid = data.cid,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			}
 
 			var slug = utils.slugify(title),
-				timestamp = Date.now();
+				timestamp = data.timestamp || Date.now();
 
 			if (!slug.length) {
 				return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-title]]'));
@@ -136,10 +137,10 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			},
 			function(filteredData, next) {
 				content = filteredData.content || data.content;
-				Topics.create({uid: uid, title: title, cid: cid, thumb: data.thumb, tags: tags}, next);
+				Topics.create({ uid: uid, title: title, cid: cid, thumb: data.thumb, tags: tags, timestamp: data.timestamp }, next);
 			},
 			function(tid, next) {
-				Topics.reply({uid:uid, tid:tid, handle: data.handle, content:content, req: data.req}, next);
+				Topics.reply({ uid:uid, tid:tid, handle: data.handle, content:content, timestamp: data.timestamp, req: data.req }, next);
 			},
 			function(postData, next) {
 				async.parallel({
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 				checkContentLength(content, next);
 			},
 			function(next) {
-				posts.create({uid: uid, tid: tid, handle: data.handle, content: content, toPid: data.toPid, ip: data.req ? data.req.ip : null}, next);
+				posts.create({uid: uid, tid: tid, handle: data.handle, content: content, toPid: data.toPid, timestamp: data.timestamp, ip: data.req ? data.req.ip : null}, next);
 			},
 			function(data, next) {
 				postData = data;
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 				postData.selfPost = false;
 				postData.relativeTime = utils.toISOString(postData.timestamp);
 
-				if (parseInt(uid, 10)) {
+				if (parseInt(uid, 10) && data.req) {
 					Topics.notifyFollowers(postData, uid);
 				}
 
diff --git a/src/user/create.js b/src/user/create.js
index d4a3f51adb..2580a738f1 100644
--- a/src/user/create.js
+++ b/src/user/create.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 			var gravatar = User.createGravatarURLFromEmail(data.email);
-			var timestamp = Date.now();
+			var timestamp = data.timestamp || Date.now();
 
 			var userData = {
 				'username': data.username,