diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/rewrite_live.py b/pywb/rewrite/rewrite_live.py
index dc43d51e..653e74ac 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/rewrite_live.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/rewrite_live.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Fetch a url from live web and apply rewriting rules
 """
 
 import requests
-import datetime
 import mimetypes
 import logging
 import os
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ from urlparse import urlsplit
 
 from pywb.utils.loaders import is_http, LimitReader, BlockLoader, to_file_url
 from pywb.utils.loaders import extract_client_cookie
-from pywb.utils.timeutils import datetime_to_timestamp
+from pywb.utils.timeutils import timestamp_now
 from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeaders
 from pywb.utils.canonicalize import canonicalize
 
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ class LiveRewriter(object):
             (status_headers, stream) = self.fetch_local_file(url)
 
         if timestamp is None:
-            timestamp = datetime_to_timestamp(datetime.datetime.utcnow())
+            timestamp = timestamp_now()
 
         cdx = {'urlkey': urlkey,
                'timestamp': timestamp,
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/wburl.py b/pywb/rewrite/wburl.py
index e43bab37..87e6c982 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/wburl.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/wburl.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class BaseWbUrl(object):
     def is_replay(self):
         return self.is_replay_type(self.type)
 
+    def is_latest_replay(self):
+        return (self.type == BaseWbUrl.LATEST_REPLAY)
+
     def is_query(self):
         return self.is_query_type(self.type)
 
diff --git a/pywb/static/wb.js b/pywb/static/wb.js
index d67e50c9..3f9e3d90 100644
--- a/pywb/static/wb.js
+++ b/pywb/static/wb.js
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ function notify_top() {
     if (window.__orig_parent && window.__orig_parent.update_wb_url) {
         window.__orig_parent.update_wb_url(window.WB_wombat_location.href,
                                            wbinfo.timestamp,
+                                           wbinfo.request_ts,
                                            wbinfo.is_live);
     }
 
diff --git a/pywb/static/wb_frame.js b/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
index 3e599058..79642db1 100644
--- a/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
+++ b/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function make_inner_url(url, ts)
     }
 }
 
-function push_state(url, timestamp, capture_str, is_live) {
+function push_state(url, timestamp, request_ts, capture_str, is_live) {
     if (window.frames[0].WB_wombat_location) {
         var curr_href = window.frames[0].WB_wombat_location.href;
 
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ function push_state(url, timestamp, capture_str, is_live) {
 
     var state = {}
     state.timestamp = timestamp;
-    state.outer_url = make_outer_url(url, state.timestamp);
-    state.inner_url = make_inner_url(url, state.timestamp);
+    state.request_ts = request_ts;
+    state.outer_url = make_outer_url(url, state.request_ts);
+    state.inner_url = make_inner_url(url, state.request_ts);
     state.url = url;
     state.capture_str = capture_str;
     state.is_live = is_live;
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ function extract_ts_cookie(value) {
 function iframe_loaded(event) {
     var url;
     var ts;
+    var request_ts;
     var capture_str;
     var is_live = false;
     var iframe = window.frames[0];
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ function iframe_loaded(event) {
 
     if (iframe.wbinfo) {
         ts = iframe.wbinfo.timestamp;
+        request_ts = iframe.wbinfo.request_ts;
         is_live = iframe.wbinfo.is_live;
     } else {
         ts = extract_ts_cookie(iframe.document.cookie);
@@ -150,19 +153,20 @@ function iframe_loaded(event) {
         } else {
             ts = extract_ts(iframe.location.href);
         }
+        request_ts = ts;
     }
 
-    update_wb_url(url, ts, is_live);
+    update_wb_url(url, ts, request_ts, is_live);
 }
 
-function update_wb_url(url, ts, is_live) {
+function update_wb_url(url, ts, request_ts, is_live) {
     if (curr_state.url == url && curr_state.timestamp == ts) {
         return;
     }
 
     capture_str = _wb_js.ts_to_date(ts, true);
 
-    push_state(url, ts, capture_str, is_live);
+    push_state(url, ts, request_ts, capture_str, is_live);
 }
 
 // Load Banner
diff --git a/pywb/ui/head_insert.html b/pywb/ui/head_insert.html
index 0ebf2fba..cda0ea80 100644
--- a/pywb/ui/head_insert.html
+++ b/pywb/ui/head_insert.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   wbinfo = {}
   wbinfo.url = "{{ cdx.url }}";
   wbinfo.timestamp = "{{ cdx.timestamp }}";
+  wbinfo.request_ts = "{{ wbrequest.wb_url.timestamp }}";
   wbinfo.prefix = "{{ wbrequest.wb_prefix }}";
   wbinfo.mod = "{{ wbrequest.wb_url.mod }}";
   wbinfo.top_url = "{{ top_url }}";
diff --git a/pywb/utils/timeutils.py b/pywb/utils/timeutils.py
index 0dcc7e22..dcca13d6 100644
--- a/pywb/utils/timeutils.py
+++ b/pywb/utils/timeutils.py
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ def datetime_to_timestamp(the_datetime):
     return the_datetime.strftime(TIMESTAMP_14)
 
 
+def timestamp_now():
+    """
+    >>> len(timestamp_now())
+    14
+    """
+    return datetime_to_timestamp(datetime.datetime.utcnow())
+
+
 def iso_date_to_timestamp(string):
     """
     >>> iso_date_to_timestamp('2013-12-26T10:11:12Z')
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py b/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py
index 5bab0ae1..d474e178 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from urlparse import urlsplit
 from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeaders
 from pywb.utils.wbexception import WbException, NotFoundException
 from pywb.utils.loaders import LimitReader
+from pywb.utils.timeutils import timestamp_now
 
 from pywb.framework.wbrequestresponse import WbResponse
 from pywb.framework.memento import MementoResponse
@@ -219,8 +220,11 @@ class ReplayView(object):
         if wbrequest.custom_params.get('noredir'):
             return None
 
-        is_memento_timegate = (wbrequest.options.get('is_timegate', False))
-        redir_needed = is_memento_timegate
+        is_timegate = (wbrequest.options.get('is_timegate', False))
+        if not is_timegate:
+            is_timegate = wbrequest.wb_url.is_latest_replay()
+
+        redir_needed = is_timegate
 
         if not redir_needed and self.redir_to_exact:
             redir_needed = (cdx['timestamp'] != wbrequest.wb_url.timestamp)
@@ -231,15 +235,20 @@ class ReplayView(object):
         if self.enable_range_cache and wbrequest.extract_range():
             return None
 
+        if is_timegate and not self.redir_to_exact:
+            timestamp = timestamp_now()
+        else:
+            timestamp = cdx['timestamp']
+
         new_url = (wbrequest.urlrewriter.
-                   get_new_url(timestamp=cdx['timestamp'],
+                   get_new_url(timestamp=timestamp,
                                url=cdx['original']))
 
         if wbrequest.method == 'POST':
             #   FF shows a confirm dialog, so can't use 307 effectively
             #   was: statusline = '307 Same-Method Internal Redirect'
             return None
-        elif is_memento_timegate:
+        elif is_timegate:
             statusline = '302 Found'
         else:
             # clear cdx line to indicate internal redirect
diff --git a/tests/test_config.yaml b/tests/test_config.yaml
index 1d034671..a2d0e9f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_config.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ collections:
 
     pywb-norange:
         index_paths: ./sample_archive/cdx/
-        enable_ranges: False
+        enable_ranges: false
+
+    pywb-non-exact:
+        index_paths: ./sample_archive/cdx/
+        redir_to_exact: false
+
+
 
 # indicate if cdx files are sorted by SURT keys -- eg: com,example)/
 # SURT keys are recommended for future indices, but non-SURT cdxs
diff --git a/tests/test_config_memento.yaml b/tests/test_config_memento.yaml
index e8d0eb21..91d4c624 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_memento.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_config_memento.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 collections:
     pywb: ./sample_archive/cdx/
 
+    pywb-non-exact:
+        index_paths: ./sample_archive/cdx/
+        redir_to_exact: false
+
 archive_paths: ['./sample_archive/warcs/']
 
 # Test memento
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index ef06cf91..cc1393d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import base64
 from pywb.webapp.pywb_init import create_wb_router
 from pywb.framework.wsgi_wrappers import init_app
 from pywb.cdx.cdxobject import CDXObject
-
+from pywb.utils.timeutils import timestamp_now
 
 class TestWb:
     TEST_CONFIG = 'tests/test_config.yaml'
@@ -256,14 +256,24 @@ class TestWb:
         assert resp.content_length == 0
         assert resp.content_type == 'application/x-javascript'
 
-    def test_redirect_1(self):
+    def test_redirect_exact(self):
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/20140127171237/http://www.iana.org/')
         assert resp.status_int == 302
 
         assert resp.headers['Location'].endswith('/pywb/20140127171238/http://iana.org')
 
+    def test_no_redirect_non_exact(self):
+        # non-exact mode, don't redirect to exact capture
+        resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb-non-exact/20140127171237/http://www.iana.org/')
+        assert resp.status_int == 200
 
-    def test_redirect_replay_2(self):
+        self._assert_basic_html(resp)
+        assert '"20140127171237"' in resp.body
+        # actual timestamp set in JS
+        assert 'timestamp = "20140127171238"' in resp.body
+        assert '/pywb-non-exact/20140127171237/http://www.iana.org/about/' in resp.body
+
+    def test_redirect_latest_replay(self):
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/http://example.com/')
         assert resp.status_int == 302
 
@@ -275,6 +285,26 @@ class TestWb:
         assert '"20140127171251"' in resp.body
         assert '/pywb/20140127171251/http://www.iana.org/domains/example' in resp.body
 
+    def test_redirect_non_exact_latest_replay_ts(self):
+        resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb-non-exact/http://example.com/')
+        assert resp.status_int == 302
+
+        assert resp.headers['Location'].endswith('/http://example.com')
+
+        # extract ts, which should be current time
+        ts = resp.headers['Location'].rsplit('/http://')[0].rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
+        assert len(ts) == 14, ts
+        resp = resp.follow()
+
+        self._assert_basic_html(resp)
+
+        # ensure the current ts is present in the links
+        assert '"{0}"'.format(ts) in resp.body
+        assert '/pywb-non-exact/{0}/http://www.iana.org/domains/example'.format(ts) in resp.body
+
+        # ensure ts is current ts
+        assert timestamp_now() >= ts, ts
+
     def test_redirect_relative_3(self):
         # webtest uses Host: localhost:80 by default
         # first two requests should result in same redirect
diff --git a/tests/test_memento.py b/tests/test_memento.py
index 129f425b..0152d16e 100644
--- a/tests/test_memento.py
+++ b/tests/test_memento.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import re
 from pywb.webapp.pywb_init import create_wb_router
 from pywb.framework.wsgi_wrappers import init_app
 from pywb.cdx.cdxobject import CDXObject
+from pywb.utils.timeutils import timestamp_now
 
 MEMENTO_DATETIME = 'Memento-Datetime'
 ACCEPT_DATETIME = 'Accept-Datetime'
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@ class TestWb:
     def get_links(self, resp):
         return map(lambda x: x.strip(), re.split(', (?![0-9])', resp.headers[LINK]))
 
-    def make_timemap_link(self, url):
-        format_ = '<http://localhost:80/pywb/timemap/*/{0}>; rel="timemap"; type="{1}"'
-        return format_.format(url, LINK_FORMAT)
+    def make_timemap_link(self, url, coll='pywb'):
+        format_ = '<http://localhost:80/{2}/timemap/*/{0}>; rel="timemap"; type="{1}"'
+        return format_.format(url, LINK_FORMAT, coll)
 
-    def make_memento_link(self, url, ts, dt):
-        format_ = '<http://localhost:80/pywb/{1}/{0}>; rel="memento"; datetime="{2}"'
-        return format_.format(url, ts, dt)
+    def make_memento_link(self, url, ts, dt, coll='pywb'):
+        format_ = '<http://localhost:80/{3}/{1}/{0}>; rel="memento"; datetime="{2}"'
+        return format_.format(url, ts, dt, coll)
 
     # Below functionality is for archival (non-proxy) mode
     # It is designed to conform to Memento protocol Pattern 2.1
@@ -57,7 +58,35 @@ class TestWb:
         assert '/pywb/20140127171239/http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css' in resp.headers['Location']
 
 
-    def test_timegate_accept_datetime(self):
+    # timegate with latest memento, but redirect to current timestamp url instead of
+    # memento timestamp
+    def test_timegate_latest_request_timestamp(self):
+        """
+        TimeGate with no Accept-Datetime header
+        """
+
+        dt = 'Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:12:39 GMT'
+        resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb-non-exact/http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css')
+
+        assert resp.status_int == 302
+
+        assert resp.headers[VARY] == 'accept-datetime'
+
+        links = self.get_links(resp)
+        assert '<http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css>; rel="original"' in links
+        assert self.make_timemap_link('http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css', coll='pywb-non-exact') in links
+        assert self.make_memento_link('http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css', '20140127171239', dt, coll='pywb-non-exact') in links
+
+        assert MEMENTO_DATETIME not in resp.headers
+
+        assert '/pywb-non-exact/' in resp.headers['Location']
+
+        wburl = resp.headers['Location'].split('/pywb-non-exact/')[-1]
+        ts = wburl.split('/')[0]
+        assert len(ts) == 14
+        assert timestamp_now() >= ts
+
+    def test_timegate_accept_datetime_exact(self):
         """
         TimeGate with Accept-Datetime header, matching exactly
         """
@@ -78,6 +107,28 @@ class TestWb:
 
         assert '/pywb/20140126200804/http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css' in resp.headers['Location']
 
+    def test_timegate_accept_datetime_inexact(self):
+        """
+        TimeGate with Accept-Datetime header, not matching a memento exactly
+        """
+        dt = 'Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:08:04 GMT'
+        request_dt = 'Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:08:00 GMT'
+        headers = {ACCEPT_DATETIME: request_dt}
+        resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb//http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css', headers=headers)
+
+        assert resp.status_int == 302
+
+        assert resp.headers[VARY] == 'accept-datetime'
+
+        links = self.get_links(resp)
+        assert '<http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css>; rel="original"' in links
+        assert self.make_timemap_link('http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css') in links
+        assert self.make_memento_link('http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css', '20140126200804', dt) == links[0], links[0]
+
+        assert MEMENTO_DATETIME not in resp.headers
+
+        assert '/pywb/20140126200804/http://www.iana.org/_css/2013.1/screen.css' in resp.headers['Location']
+
 
     def test_non_timegate_intermediate_redir(self):
         """