diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/RunChart.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/RunChart.svelte
index 025919058e..0210cd850d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/RunChart.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/RunChart.svelte
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	} from 'chart.js'
 	import type { CompletedJob } from '$lib/gen'
 	import { createEventDispatcher } from 'svelte'
-	import { getNow } from '$lib/forLater'
+	import { getDbClockNow } from '$lib/forLater'
 
 	export let jobs: CompletedJob[] | undefined = []
 	export let maxIsNow: boolean = false
@@ -98,18 +98,18 @@
 	}
 
 	let minTime = addSeconds(new Date(), -300)
-	let maxTime = getNow()
+	let maxTime = getDbClockNow()
 
 	$: computeMinMaxTime(jobs)
 
 	function computeMinMaxTime(jobs: CompletedJob[] | undefined) {
 		if (jobs == undefined || jobs?.length == 0) {
 			minTime = addSeconds(new Date(), -300)
-			maxTime = getNow()
+			maxTime = getDbClockNow()
 			return
 		}
 
-		const maxJob = maxIsNow ? getNow() : new Date(jobs?.[0].started_at)
+		const maxJob = maxIsNow ? getDbClockNow() : new Date(jobs?.[0].started_at)
 		const minJob = new Date(jobs?.[jobs?.length - 1].started_at)
 
 		const diff = (maxJob.getTime() - minJob.getTime()) / 20000
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/TimeAgo.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/TimeAgo.svelte
index ceffdf5758..17b0cae90c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/TimeAgo.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/TimeAgo.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { getNow } from '$lib/forLater'
+	import { getDbClockNow } from '$lib/forLater'
 	import { displayDate } from '$lib/utils'
 	import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte'
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	}
 
 	function isToday(someDate: Date): boolean {
-		const today = getNow()
+		const today = getDbClockNow()
 		return (
 			someDate.getDate() == today.getDate() &&
 			someDate.getMonth() == today.getMonth() &&
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 	}
 
 	function daysAgo(someDate: Date): number {
-		const today = getNow()
+		const today = getDbClockNow()
 		return Math.floor((today.getTime() - someDate.getTime()) / 86400000)
 	}
 
 	function secondsAgo(date: Date) {
-		return Math.max(0, Math.floor((getNow().getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000))
+		return Math.max(0, Math.floor((getDbClockNow().getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000))
 	}
 
 	async function displayDaysAgo(dateString: string): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/forLater.ts b/frontend/src/lib/forLater.ts
index ede60a5605..ecbf221545 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/forLater.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/forLater.ts
@@ -18,15 +18,10 @@ export async function computeDrift() {
 }
 
 export function forLater(scheduledString: string): boolean {
-	let drift = get(dbClockDrift)
-	if (drift == undefined) {
-		computeDrift()
-		drift = 0
-	}
-	return adjustDate(drift) < subtractSeconds(new Date(scheduledString), 5)
+	return getDbClockNow() < subtractSeconds(new Date(scheduledString), 5)
 }
 
-export function getNow() {
+export function getDbClockNow() {
 	let drift = get(dbClockDrift)
 	if (drift == undefined) {
 		computeDrift()