diff --git a/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx b/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx
index f18efd0f..cb393e41 100644
--- a/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx
+++ b/src/utils/dateUtils.jsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const convertShortTime = (dateString) => {
 };
 
 export const timeElapsed = (checkInTime, timeElapsedInHours) => {
-  const checkInDate = new Date(checkInTime);
+  const checkInDate = new Date( checkInTime.split( "T" )[ 0 ] );
 
   const currentTime = new Date();