diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index c2810b3190..89ac682c18 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ module ActionView
             when :hour
               (@options[:discard_year] && @options[:discard_day]) ? "" : @options[:datetime_separator]
             when :minute
-              @options[:time_separator]
+              @options[:discard_minute] ? "" : @options[:time_separator]
             when :second
               @options[:include_seconds] ? @options[:time_separator] : ""
           end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
index fb51b67185..7d3075d232 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_test.rb
@@ -2173,6 +2173,47 @@ class DateHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_dom_equal expected, datetime_select("post", "updated_at", :discard_year => true, :discard_month => true)
   end
 
+  def test_datetime_select_discard_hour
+    @post = Post.new
+    @post.updated_at = Time.local(2004, 6, 15, 15, 16, 35)
+
+    expected = %{<select id="post_updated_at_1i" name="post[updated_at(1i)]">\n}
+    1999.upto(2009) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}"#{' selected="selected"' if i == 2004}>#{i}</option>\n) }
+    expected << "</select>\n"
+    expected << %{<select id="post_updated_at_2i" name="post[updated_at(2i)]">\n}
+    1.upto(12) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}"#{' selected="selected"' if i == 6}>#{Date::MONTHNAMES[i]}</option>\n) }
+    expected << "</select>\n"
+    expected << %{<select id="post_updated_at_3i" name="post[updated_at(3i)]">\n}
+    1.upto(31) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}"#{' selected="selected"' if i == 15}>#{i}</option>\n) }
+    expected << "</select>\n"
+
+    assert_dom_equal expected, datetime_select("post", "updated_at", :discard_hour => true)
+  end
+
+  def test_datetime_select_discard_minute
+    @post = Post.new
+    @post.updated_at = Time.local(2004, 6, 15, 15, 16, 35)
+
+    expected = %{<select id="post_updated_at_1i" name="post[updated_at(1i)]">\n}
+    1999.upto(2009) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}"#{' selected="selected"' if i == 2004}>#{i}</option>\n) }
+    expected << "</select>\n"
+    expected << %{<select id="post_updated_at_2i" name="post[updated_at(2i)]">\n}
+    1.upto(12) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}"#{' selected="selected"' if i == 6}>#{Date::MONTHNAMES[i]}</option>\n) }
+    expected << "</select>\n"
+    expected << %{<select id="post_updated_at_3i" name="post[updated_at(3i)]">\n}
+    1.upto(31) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{i}"#{' selected="selected"' if i == 15}>#{i}</option>\n) }
+    expected << "</select>\n"
+
+    expected << " &mdash; "
+
+    expected << %{<select id="post_updated_at_4i" name="post[updated_at(4i)]">\n}
+    0.upto(23) { |i| expected << %(<option value="#{sprintf("%02d", i)}"#{' selected="selected"' if i == 15}>#{sprintf("%02d", i)}</option>\n) }
+    expected << "</select>\n"
+    expected << %{<input type="hidden" id="post_updated_at_5i" name="post[updated_at(5i)]" value="16" />\n}
+
+    assert_dom_equal expected, datetime_select("post", "updated_at", :discard_minute => true)
+  end
+
   def test_datetime_select_invalid_order
     @post = Post.new
     @post.updated_at = Time.local(2004, 6, 15, 15, 16, 35)