diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/events.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/events.dm
index f435d7e819..73a7041fa0 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/events.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/events.dm
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(events)
 	var/YY = text2num(time2text(world.timeofday, "YY")) 	// get the current year
 	var/MM = text2num(time2text(world.timeofday, "MM")) 	// get the current month
 	var/DD = text2num(time2text(world.timeofday, "DD")) 	// get the current day
-	var/DDD = text2num(time2text(world.timeofday, "DDD")) 	// get the current weekday
+	var/DDD = time2text(world.timeofday, "DDD")	// get the current weekday
 	var/W = weekdayofthemonth()	// is this the first monday? second? etc.
 
 	for(var/H in subtypesof(/datum/holiday))
diff --git a/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm b/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm
index 751bc53eac..388a9d6893 100644
--- a/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm
+++ b/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	if(!end_month)
 		end_month = begin_month
 	if(begin_week && begin_weekday)
-		if(begin_week == ww && begin_weekday == ddd)
+		if(begin_week == ww && begin_weekday == ddd && begin_month == mm)
 			return TRUE
 	if(end_month > begin_month) //holiday spans multiple months in one year
 		if(mm == end_month) //in final month