diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 64689e8d8..f9b4cde97 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), NavigationListener {
         }
 
         if (mStoredTextColor != config.textColor || mStoredBackgroundColor != config.backgroundColor || mStoredPrimaryColor != config.primaryColor
-                || mStoredDayCode != Formatter.getTodayCode()) {
+                || mStoredDayCode != Formatter.getTodayCode(applicationContext)) {
             updateViewPager()
         }
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), NavigationListener {
             mStoredBackgroundColor = backgroundColor
             mStoredUse24HourFormat = use24hourFormat
         }
-        mStoredDayCode = Formatter.getTodayCode()
+        mStoredDayCode = Formatter.getTodayCode(applicationContext)
     }
 
     private fun checkOpenIntents() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/adapters/EventListAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/adapters/EventListAdapter.kt
index 54c4c89e9..0afe0bb94 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/adapters/EventListAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/adapters/EventListAdapter.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.SimpleActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.dialogs.DeleteEventDialog
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.config
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.getNowSeconds
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.shareEvents
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers.Formatter
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.interfaces.DeleteEventsListener
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class EventListAdapter(activity: SimpleActivity, val listItems: ArrayList<ListIt
     private val allDayString = resources.getString(R.string.all_day)
     private val replaceDescriptionWithLocation = activity.config.replaceDescription
     private val redTextColor = resources.getColor(R.color.red_text)
-    private val now = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt()
+    private val now = activity.getNowSeconds()
     private val todayDate = Formatter.getDayTitle(activity, Formatter.getDayCodeFromTS(now))
 
     override fun getActionMenuId() = R.menu.cab_event_list
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ExportEventsDialog.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ExportEventsDialog.kt
index dcd920919..4a4479572 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ExportEventsDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ExportEventsDialog.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.SimpleActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.adapters.FilterEventTypeAdapter
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.dbHelper
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.getNowSeconds
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.dialog_export_events.view.*
 import java.io.File
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ class ExportEventsDialog(val activity: SimpleActivity, val path: String, val cal
     init {
         val view = (activity.layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_export_events, null) as ViewGroup).apply {
             export_events_folder.text = activity.humanizePath(path)
-            export_events_filename.setText("events_${System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000}")
+            export_events_filename.setText("events_${activity.getNowSeconds()}")
 
             activity.dbHelper.getEventTypes {
                 val eventTypes = HashSet<String>()
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/RepeatLimitTypePickerDialog.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/RepeatLimitTypePickerDialog.kt
index 1057c38f6..af8137022 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/RepeatLimitTypePickerDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/RepeatLimitTypePickerDialog.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog
 import android.view.View
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.config
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.getNowSeconds
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.seconds
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers.Formatter
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.getDialogTheme
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ class RepeatLimitTypePickerDialog(val activity: Activity, var repeatLimit: Int,
 
     private fun updateRepeatLimitText() {
         if (repeatLimit <= 0)
-            repeatLimit = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt()
+            repeatLimit = activity.getNowSeconds()
 
         val repeatLimitDateTime = Formatter.getDateTimeFromTS(repeatLimit)
         view.repeat_type_date.text = Formatter.getFullDate(activity, repeatLimitDateTime)
@@ -80,8 +81,7 @@ class RepeatLimitTypePickerDialog(val activity: Activity, var repeatLimit: Int,
 
     @SuppressLint("NewApi")
     private fun showRepetitionLimitDialog() {
-        val now = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt()
-        val repeatLimitDateTime = Formatter.getDateTimeFromTS(if (repeatLimit != 0) repeatLimit else now)
+        val repeatLimitDateTime = Formatter.getDateTimeFromTS(if (repeatLimit != 0) repeatLimit else activity.getNowSeconds())
         val datepicker = DatePickerDialog(activity, activity.getDialogTheme(), repetitionLimitDateSetListener, repeatLimitDateTime.year,
                 repeatLimitDateTime.monthOfYear - 1, repeatLimitDateTime.dayOfMonth)
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/Context.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/Context.kt
index b92f5825a..6be1aeb39 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/Context.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/Context.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ val Context.config: Config get() = Config.newInstance(applicationContext)
 
 val Context.dbHelper: DBHelper get() = DBHelper.newInstance(applicationContext)
 
+fun Context.getNowSeconds() = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt()
+
 fun Context.updateWidgets() {
     val widgetsCnt = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(applicationContext).getAppWidgetIds(ComponentName(applicationContext, MyWidgetMonthlyProvider::class.java))
     if (widgetsCnt.isNotEmpty()) {
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ fun Context.scheduleNextEventReminder(event: Event?, dbHelper: DBHelper) {
         return
     }
 
-    val now = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt()
+    val now = getNowSeconds()
     val reminderSeconds = event.getReminders().reversed().map { it * 60 }
     dbHelper.getEvents(now, now + YEAR, event.id) {
         if (it.isNotEmpty()) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt
index 76acf1a93..2247e1314 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/DBHelper.kt
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
 
     fun getRunningEvents(): List<Event> {
         val events = ArrayList<Event>()
-        val ts = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt()
+        val ts = context.getNowSeconds()
 
         val selection = "$COL_START_TS <= ? AND $COL_END_TS >= ? AND $COL_REPEAT_INTERVAL IS 0 AND $COL_START_TS != 0"
         val selectionArgs = arrayOf(ts.toString(), ts.toString())
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
     }
 
     fun getEventsToExport(includePast: Boolean): ArrayList<Event> {
-        val currTime = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toString()
+        val currTime = context.getNowSeconds().toString()
         var events = ArrayList<Event>()
 
         // non repeating events
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Formatter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Formatter.kt
index 3614bdc08..ebea1ff4c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Formatter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Formatter.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers
 import android.content.Context
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.config
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.getNowSeconds
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.seconds
 import org.joda.time.DateTime
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ object Formatter {
         return "$month $day $year"
     }
 
-    fun getTodayCode() = Formatter.getDayCodeFromTS((System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt())
+    fun getTodayCode(context: Context) = Formatter.getDayCodeFromTS(context.getNowSeconds())
 
     fun getHours(context: Context, dateTime: DateTime) = dateTime.toString(getHourPattern(context))
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/MyWidgetListProvider.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/MyWidgetListProvider.kt
index 076f6c824..4945dd50d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/MyWidgetListProvider.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/MyWidgetListProvider.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.DayActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.SplashActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.config
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.getNowSeconds
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.launchNewEventIntent
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.services.WidgetService
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.getColoredBitmap
@@ -43,8 +44,7 @@ class MyWidgetListProvider : AppWidgetProvider() {
                 setTextSize(R.id.widget_event_list_today, fontSize)
             }
 
-            val now = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000).toInt()
-            val todayText = Formatter.getLongestDate(now)
+            val todayText = Formatter.getLongestDate(context.getNowSeconds())
             views.setText(R.id.widget_event_list_today, todayText)
 
             views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.widget_event_new_event, context.resources.getColoredBitmap(R.drawable.ic_plus, textColor))