diff --git a/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/virtual-scroll.spec.ts b/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/virtual-scroll.spec.ts
index 3c2cc9e718..e910a15e38 100644
--- a/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/virtual-scroll.spec.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/virtual-scroll.spec.ts
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ describe('VirtualScroll', () => {
 
   function getView(width?:number, height?: number, top?: number, left?: number): any {
     return {
-      setLocal: function(){},
+      context: {},
       rootNodes: [{
         nodeType: 1,
         offsetWidth: width,
diff --git a/ionic/util/datetime-util.ts b/ionic/util/datetime-util.ts
index 92ca06835b..cdc1f7a234 100644
--- a/ionic/util/datetime-util.ts
+++ b/ionic/util/datetime-util.ts
@@ -278,23 +278,21 @@ export function parseTemplate(template: string): string[] {
 
   let words = template.split(' ').filter(w => w.length > 0);
   words.forEach((word, i) => {
-    if (word.length) {
-      FORMAT_KEYS.forEach(format => {
-        if (word === format.f) {
-          if (word === FORMAT_A || word === FORMAT_a) {
-            // this format is an am/pm format, so it's an "a" or "A"
-            if ((formats.indexOf(FORMAT_h) < 0 && formats.indexOf(FORMAT_hh) < 0) ||
-                (words[i - 1] !== FORMAT_m && words[i - 1] !== FORMAT_mm)) {
-              // template does not already have a 12-hour format
-              // or this am/pm format doesn't have a minute format immediately before it
-              // so do not treat this word "a" or "A" as an am/pm format
-              return;
-            }
+    FORMAT_KEYS.forEach(format => {
+      if (word === format.f) {
+        if (word === FORMAT_A || word === FORMAT_a) {
+          // this format is an am/pm format, so it's an "a" or "A"
+          if ((formats.indexOf(FORMAT_h) < 0 && formats.indexOf(FORMAT_hh) < 0) ||
+              (words[i - 1] !== FORMAT_m && words[i - 1] !== FORMAT_mm)) {
+            // template does not already have a 12-hour format
+            // or this am/pm format doesn't have a minute format immediately before it
+            // so do not treat this word "a" or "A" as an am/pm format
+            return;
           }
-          formats.push(word);
         }
-      });
-    }
+        formats.push(word);
+      }
+    });
   });
 
   return formats;