diff --git a/app/services/event_service.rb b/app/services/event_service.rb
index 639353313..7a6adcaf6 100644
--- a/app/services/event_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/event_service.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class EventService
     end
 
     def date_range(starting, ending, all_day)
-      start_date = Time.zone.parse(starting[:date])
-      end_date = Time.zone.parse(ending[:date])
+      start_date = Date.parse(starting[:date])
+      end_date = Date.parse(ending[:date])
       start_time = starting[:time] ? Time.zone.parse(starting[:time]) : nil
       end_time = ending[:time] ? Time.zone.parse(ending[:time]) : nil
       if all_day || start_time.nil? || end_time.nil?
diff --git a/test/integration/events/timezone_test.rb b/test/integration/events/timezone_test.rb
index 2c2489e41..4f8db9e4a 100644
--- a/test/integration/events/timezone_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/events/timezone_test.rb
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Events::TimezoneTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     e = Event.find_by(id: event[:id])
     assert_not_nil e, 'Event was not created in database'
 
-    assert_equal '2023-06-15', e.availability.start_at.to_date.iso8601
-    assert_equal '2023-06-15', e.availability.end_at.to_date.iso8601
+    assert_equal '2023-06-14', e.availability.start_at.to_date.iso8601
+    assert_equal '2023-06-14', e.availability.end_at.to_date.iso8601
     assert_equal '09:48', e.availability.start_at.strftime('%R')
     assert_equal '11:48', e.availability.end_at.strftime('%R')
   end