diff --git a/deluge/common.py b/deluge/common.py
index 5d9e34dcf..04588cf24 100644
--- a/deluge/common.py
+++ b/deluge/common.py
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ def ftime(secs):
     """Formats a string to show time in a human readable form.
 
     Args:
-        secs (int): The number of seconds.
+        secs (int or float): The number of seconds.
 
     Returns:
         str: A formatted time string or empty string if value is 0.
@@ -497,20 +497,22 @@ def ftime(secs):
 
     """
 
+    # Handle floats by truncating to an int
+    secs = int(secs)
     if secs <= 0:
         time_str = ''
     elif secs < 60:
-        time_str = '{:d}s'.format(secs)
+        time_str = '{}s'.format(secs)
     elif secs < 3600:
-        time_str = '{:d}m {:d}s'.format(secs // 60, secs % 60)
+        time_str = '{}m {}s'.format(secs // 60, secs % 60)
     elif secs < 86400:
-        time_str = '{:d}h {:d}m'.format(secs // 3600, secs // 60 % 60)
+        time_str = '{}h {}m'.format(secs // 3600, secs // 60 % 60)
     elif secs < 604800:
-        time_str = '{:d}d {:d}h'.format(secs // 86400, secs // 3600 % 24)
+        time_str = '{}d {}h'.format(secs // 86400, secs // 3600 % 24)
     elif secs < 31449600:
-        time_str = '{:d}w {:d}d'.format(secs // 604800, secs // 86400 % 7)
+        time_str = '{}w {}d'.format(secs // 604800, secs // 86400 % 7)
     else:
-        time_str = '{:d}y {:d}w'.format(secs // 31449600, secs // 604800 % 52)
+        time_str = '{}y {}w'.format(secs // 31449600, secs // 604800 % 52)
 
     return time_str
 
diff --git a/deluge/tests/test_common.py b/deluge/tests/test_common.py
index 00933a5c1..43f82f010 100644
--- a/deluge/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/deluge/tests/test_common.py
@@ -53,15 +53,17 @@ class CommonTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(fpeer(10, -1) == '10')
 
     def test_ftime(self):
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(0) == '')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(5) == '5s')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(100) == '1m 40s')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(3789) == '1h 3m')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(23011) == '6h 23m')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(391187) == '4d 12h')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(604800) == '1w 0d')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(13893086) == '22w 6d')
-        self.assertTrue(ftime(59740269) == '1y 46w')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(0), '')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(5), '5s')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(100), '1m 40s')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(3789), '1h 3m')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(23011), '6h 23m')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(391187), '4d 12h')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(604800), '1w 0d')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(13893086), '22w 6d')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(59740269), '1y 46w')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(61.25), '1m 1s')
+        self.assertEqual(ftime(119.9), '1m 59s')
 
     def test_fdate(self):
         self.assertTrue(fdate(-1) == '')