diff --git a/dist/app.bundle.js b/dist/app.bundle.js
index d2b6e02..2079441 100644
--- a/dist/app.bundle.js
+++ b/dist/app.bundle.js
@@ -29000,13 +29000,18 @@ var Application = function (_Component) {
     value: function filterDate(newDate) {
       var dates = this.state.dates;
 
+      // Seriously, fuck javascript so much
 
+      function pad(n) {
+        return n < 10 ? '0' + n : n;
+      }
+
+      var dateString = newDate.getFullYear() + '-' + pad(newDate.getMonth() + 1) + '-' + pad(newDate.getDate());
+      // Loop over all the dates and compare them to a specifc date we've been given
+      // this is highly dependent on the way we've chosen to format the date
       var newDates = _lodash2.default.map(dates, function (dateObj) {
-        var someday = newDate.toString().slice(0, 10);
-        var somedayList = someday.split(' ');
-        somedayList[2] = String(parseInt(somedayList[2], 10));
-        var date = somedayList.join(' ');
-        dateObj.checked = dateObj.date === date;
+        debugger;
+        dateObj.checked = dateObj.date === dateString;
         return dateObj;
       });
 
diff --git a/src/js/app.jsx b/src/js/app.jsx
index a3451fc..d0687dd 100644
--- a/src/js/app.jsx
+++ b/src/js/app.jsx
@@ -361,12 +361,16 @@ class Application extends Component {
   filterDate(newDate) {
     const { dates } = this.state;
 
+    // Seriously, fuck javascript so much
+    // what the serious fuck is wrong with this language
+    // this is the most garbage language JFC
+    function pad(n){return n<10 ? '0'+n : n}
+    const dateString = `${newDate.getFullYear()}-${pad(newDate.getMonth()+1)}-${pad(newDate.getDate())}`
+
+    // Loop over all the dates and compare them to a specifc date we've been given
+    // this is highly dependent on the way we've chosen to format the date
     const newDates = _.map(dates, (dateObj) => {
-      const someday = newDate.toString().slice(0, 10);
-      const somedayList = someday.split(' ');
-      somedayList[2] = String(parseInt(somedayList[2], 10));
-      const date = somedayList.join(' ');
-      dateObj.checked = dateObj.date === date;
+      dateObj.checked = dateObj.date === dateString;
       return dateObj;
     });