---
title: "Timezone correctness across the app"
description: "Five timezone bugs squashed in one release — store-closed mismatches, special dates, first-install seeding, and a live storefront refresh."
contentType: "changelog"
locale: "en"
localized: true
source: "https://orderrules.com/changelog/timezone-correctness"
slug: "timezone-correctness"
date: "2026-05-12"
tags:
  - "Fixed"
  - "Improved"
---
Five timezone bugs squashed in one release.

- 🐛 **Fixed:** Dashboard "Store CLOSED" mismatch — day-of-week is now resolved in the store's own timezone everywhere. Stores east or west of UTC will no longer see "closed" on the wrong day.
- 🐛 **Fixed:** Special dates (e.g. "Closed on Dec 25") now match the merchant's intended local calendar date regardless of the customer's or server's timezone.
- 🐛 **Fixed:** On first install, the app now seeds your timezone from your Shopify store settings instead of defaulting to UTC.
- 🐛 **Fixed:** Merchant's chosen timezone in Settings is now always preserved — earlier internal changes could overwrite an explicit choice with the Shopify default.
- 🚀 **Improved:** When the live "open / closed" state disagrees with what was last saved (because the open/close boundary just crossed), the storefront now triggers a background refresh so the next visitor's checkout sees fresh data.