--- a/helpers.py	Wed Feb 11 23:38:05 2009 +0200
+++ b/helpers.py	Thu Feb 12 00:16:52 2009 +0200
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 
     def build_date (self, month, mday) :
         """
-            Returns a datetime.date for the given (month.year, month.month, mday)
+            Returns a datetime.datetime for the given (month.year, month.month, mday)
         """
 
-        return datetime.date(month.year, month.month, mday)
+        return self.ctx['prefs'][preferences.timezone].localize(datetime.datetime(month.year, month.month, mday))
     
     def now (self) :
         """
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@
         
         return self.now().date()
 
-    def is_today (self, date) :
+    def is_today (self, dt) :
         """
-            Checks if the given date is today
+            Checks if the given datetime.datetime is today
         """
 
-        # construct current date
-        return date == self.today()
+        # compare with current date
+        return dt.date() == self.today()
     
     def is_this_month (self, month) :
         """