diff --git a/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseList.jsx b/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseList.jsx
index 58a6cf22..cb9567df 100644
--- a/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseList.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Expenses/ExpenseList.jsx
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ const canDetetExpense = (expense)=>{
         </div>
       )}
 
-      <div className="card">
+      <div className="card px-0 px-sm-4">
         <div
           className="card-datatable table-responsive "
           id="horizontal-example"
diff --git a/src/hooks/useExpense.js b/src/hooks/useExpense.js
index 7fcf2c44..cdb36605 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useExpense.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useExpense.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import ExpenseRepository from "../repositories/ExpsenseRepository";
 import showToast from "../services/toastService";
 import { queryClient } from "../layouts/AuthLayout";
 import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
+import moment from "moment";
 
 // -------------------Query------------------------------------------------------
+
 const cleanFilter = (filter) => {
   const cleaned = { ...filter };
 
@@ -14,12 +16,19 @@ const cleanFilter = (filter) => {
     }
   });
 
-  if (!cleaned.startDate) delete cleaned.startDate;
-  if (!cleaned.endDate) delete cleaned.endDate;
+  // moment.utc() to get consistent UTC ISO strings
+  if (!cleaned.startDate) {
+    cleaned.startDate = moment.utc().subtract(7, "days").startOf("day").toISOString();
+  }
+
+  if (!cleaned.endDate) {
+    cleaned.endDate = moment.utc().startOf("day").toISOString();
+  }
 
   return cleaned;
 };
 
+
 export const useExpenseList = (
   pageSize,
   pageNumber,
diff --git a/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx b/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx
index b3b61b6d..a9c5f31d 100644
--- a/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx
+++ b/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export  const formatNumber = (num) => {
 
 export const formatUTCToLocalTime = (datetime, timeRequired = false) => {
   return timeRequired
-    ? moment.utc(datetime).local().format("DD MMMM YYYY hh:mm A")
-    : moment.utc(datetime).local().format("DD MMMM YYYY");
+    ? moment.utc(datetime).local().format("DD MMM YYYY hh:mm A")
+    : moment.utc(datetime).local().format("DD MMM YYYY");
 };
 
 export  const getCompletionPercentage = (completedWork, plannedWork)=> {