diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py b/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py
index 665dbb276b3..9b7d56d3082 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ Time = datetime.time
 Timestamp = datetime.datetime
 
 def DateFromTicks(ticks):
-    return apply(Date, time.localtime(ticks)[:3])
+    return Date(*time.localtime(ticks)[:3])
 
 def TimeFromTicks(ticks):
-    return apply(Time, time.localtime(ticks)[3:6])
+    return Time(*time.localtime(ticks)[3:6])
 
 def TimestampFromTicks(ticks):
-    return apply(Timestamp, time.localtime(ticks)[:6])
+    return Timestamp(*time.localtime(ticks)[:6])
 
 version_info = tuple([int(x) for x in version.split(".")])
 sqlite_version_info = tuple([int(x) for x in sqlite_version.split(".")])
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
index 31bf289190e..e455fb69bd5 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class AggregateTests(unittest.TestCase):
             cur.execute("select nostep(t) from test")
             self.fail("should have raised an AttributeError")
         except AttributeError, e:
-            self.failUnlessEqual(e.args[0], "AggrNoStep instance has no attribute 'step'")
+            self.failUnlessEqual(e.args[0], "'AggrNoStep' object has no attribute 'step'")
 
     def CheckAggrNoFinalize(self):
         cur = self.con.cursor()