diff --git a/checkTime.js b/checkTime.js
index 30a6b1f..8b10ab0 100644
--- a/checkTime.js
+++ b/checkTime.js
@@ -1,32 +1,13 @@
-const { match } = require('assert')
-const process = require('process')
-
-if (process.argv.length < 3) {
-    console.error('Invalid format. Expected HH:MM')
-    process.exit(69)
-}
-
 const startTimeString = process.argv[2]
-const [startHours, startMinutes] = startTimeString.split(':').map(Number)
+const [startDate, startMonth, startYear, startHours, startMinutes] = startTimeString.split(':').map(Number)
 
-if (
-    isNaN(startHours) || isNaN(startMinutes) ||
-    startHours > 23 || startMinutes > 59
-) {
-    console.error('Invalid time format. Expected HH:MM format WITH VALID TIME')
-    process.exit(69)
-}
-
-const startTime = new Date()
-startTime.setHours(startHours, startMinutes, 0, 0)
-
-const targetTime = new Date(startTime.getTime() + 5 * 60 * 60 * 1000) // 5 hours after startTime
-targetTime.setSeconds(0) // fixes the precise time, we don't want them
-targetTime.setMilliseconds(0)
+const targetTime = new Date()
+targetTime.setUTCFullYear(startYear, startMonth - 1, startDate)
+targetTime.setUTCHours(startHours + 5, startMinutes, 0, 0)
 
 const currentTime = new Date()
-currentTime.setSeconds(0)
-currentTime.setMilliseconds(0)
+currentTime.setUTCSeconds(0) // we don't want precise time
+currentTime.setUTCMilliseconds(0)
 
 if (currentTime.getTime() === targetTime.getTime()) {
     console.log('[checkTime] time matches, now exiting with status 0 to make another runtime')
@@ -34,6 +15,6 @@ if (currentTime.getTime() === targetTime.getTime()) {
 } else {
     console.log('[checkTime] time doesn\'t match')
     console.log(`currentTime is ${currentTime}`)
-    console.log(`targetTiem is ${targetTime}`)
+    console.log(`targetTime is ${targetTime}`)
     process.exit(1)
 }
diff --git a/loop.sh b/loop.sh
index 1da22d4..77e645d 100755
--- a/loop.sh
+++ b/loop.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-START_TIME=$(date +"%H:%M") # the checkTime.js script uses local time
+START_TIME=$(TZ=Etc/UTC date +"%d:%m:%Y:%H:%M") # the checkTime.js script uses local time
 
 GH_TOKEN=$2