diff --git a/components/Modals/CreateCalendarEvent.tsx b/components/Modals/CreateCalendarEvent.tsx
index 401c9ba..af8e620 100644
--- a/components/Modals/CreateCalendarEvent.tsx
+++ b/components/Modals/CreateCalendarEvent.tsx
@@ -78,15 +78,19 @@ export default function CreateCalendarEventModal() {
 
   async function handleSubmit() {
     console.log("CALLED", ndk, currentUser);
-    if (!ndk || !currentUser) return;
+    if (!ndk || !currentUser) {
+      alert("MISSING");
+      return;
+    }
+
     setIsLoading(true);
     if (!title) {
       setError("Please add a title");
       return;
     }
+
     try {
       const random = randomId();
-
       const tags: string[][] = [
         ["d", random],
         ["name", title],
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ export default function CreateCalendarEventModal() {
         ["end", toUnix(convertToTimezone(endDate, timezone)).toString()],
         ["start_tzid", timezone],
       ];
+
       if (location) {
         tags.push([
           "location",
@@ -110,6 +115,7 @@ export default function CreateCalendarEventModal() {
         ]);
         tags.push(["g", location.geohash]);
       }
+
       if (imageUrl) {
         tags.push(["image", imageUrl]);
       }
@@ -121,6 +127,7 @@ export default function CreateCalendarEventModal() {
         tags: tags,
         kind: 31923,
       };
+
       const event = await createEvent(ndk, preEvent);
       if (event) {
         toast.success("Event Created!");
diff --git a/lib/actions/create.ts b/lib/actions/create.ts
index 4300ca8..b8829ee 100644
--- a/lib/actions/create.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/create.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export async function createEvent(
 ) {
   log("func", "createEvent");
   try {
+    alert("at pub");
     const pubkey = ndk.activeUser?.pubkey;
     if (!pubkey) {
       throw new Error("No public key provided!");
diff --git a/lib/utils/dates.ts b/lib/utils/dates.ts
index 3f3ee37..f984370 100644
--- a/lib/utils/dates.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/dates.ts
@@ -138,9 +138,20 @@ export function convertToTimezone(inputDate: Date, targetTimezone: string) {
   }
   dayjs.extend(utc);
   dayjs.extend(timezone);
+  let hours = inputDate.getHours().toString();
+  if (hours.length === 1) {
+    hours = "0" + hours;
+  }
+  let minutes = inputDate.getMinutes().toString();
+  if (minutes.length === 1) {
+    minutes = "0" + minutes;
+  }
 
+  const dateString = `${inputDate.getFullYear()}-${
+    inputDate.getMonth() + 1
+  }-${inputDate.getDate()}T${hours}:${minutes}:00.000Z`;
   // Get plain date w/o timezones
-  const initialDate = new Date(inputDate + "Z");
+  const initialDate = new Date(dateString);
   const plainString = initialDate.toISOString().split(".")[0] as string;
   const plain = dayjs.tz(plainString, targetTimezone);
   return plain.toDate();