diff --git a/docs/user-manual/playlists.md b/docs/user-manual/playlists.md
index d7e5ab107..693cd6f68 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/playlists.md
+++ b/docs/user-manual/playlists.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Smart blocks are automatically filled with media files from the LibreTime librar
 To create a smart block, click the **Smartblocks** button on the left sidebar, and select **New** from the toolbar. Like a playlist, smart blocks can have a title and description, which you can edit. This helps you find relevant smart blocks in searches.
 
 Fill out the smart block's **Name**, **Search Criteria**, and **Limit to** sections. The search criteria can be any one of LibreTime's metadata categories, such as **Title**, **Creator** or **Genre**. The modifier depends on whether the metadata in question contains letters or numbers. For example, **Title** has modifiers including _contains_ and _starts with_, whereas the modifiers for **BPM** include _is greater than_ and _is in the range_.
-To filter tracks using today's date information, use the `now{}` macro. Format characters are listed in the [php documentation](https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php). For example, to filter to tracks with a **Title** that ends in `Instrumental Jan 2024` where `Jan 2024` is the current month and year, add a criteria for **Title** with a modifier of **ends with** and a value of `Instrumental now{M Y}`.
+To filter tracks using today's date information, use the `now{}` macro. Format characters are listed in the [php documentation](https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php). For example, to filter to tracks with a **Title** that ends in `Instrumental Jan 2024` where `Jan 2024` is the current month and year, add a criteria for **Title** with a modifier of **ends with** and a value of `Instrumental now{M Y}`. The macro uses the configured station timezone to resolve dates and times.
 
 If you have a large number of files which meet the criteria that you specify, you may wish to limit the duration of the smart block using the **Limit to** field, so that it fits within the show you have in mind. Select **hours**, **minutes** or **items** from the drop-down menu, and click the **Generate** button again, if it's a static smart block. Then click the **Save** button.
 
diff --git a/legacy/application/models/Block.php b/legacy/application/models/Block.php
index 4cd023349..dc3cfd457 100644
--- a/legacy/application/models/Block.php
+++ b/legacy/application/models/Block.php
@@ -1480,15 +1480,17 @@ SQL;
         return $storedCrit;
     }
 
-    private function resolveDate($value)
+    private function resolveDate($value, $timeZone)
     {
         if (!is_string($value)) {
             return $value;
         }
 
+        $dt = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone($timeZone));
+
         return preg_replace_callback(
             '/now{(.*?)}/',
-            fn ($matches) => date($matches[1]),
+            fn ($matches) => $dt->format($matches[1]),
             $value
         );
     }
@@ -1502,6 +1504,7 @@ SQL;
         $qry->useFkOwnerQuery('subj', 'left join');
 
         $allCriteria = BlockCriteria::criteriaMap();
+        $timeZone = Application_Model_Preference::GetDefaultTimezone();
 
         // Logging::info($storedCrit);
         if (isset($storedCrit['crit'])) {
@@ -1560,7 +1563,7 @@ SQL;
                         $spCriteriaExtra = $criteria['extra'];
                     }
 
-                    $spCriteriaValue = $this->resolveDate($spCriteriaValue);
+                    $spCriteriaValue = $this->resolveDate($spCriteriaValue, $timeZone);
 
                     if ($spCriteriaModifier == CriteriaModifier::STARTS_WITH) {
                         $spCriteriaValue = "{$spCriteriaValue}%";