diff --git a/middlewares/validators/oooRequests.ts b/middlewares/validators/oooRequests.ts
index e2db46a82..4c4fb3f22 100644
--- a/middlewares/validators/oooRequests.ts
+++ b/middlewares/validators/oooRequests.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const createOooStatusRequestValidator = async (
     .keys({
       from: joi
         .number()
-        .min(Date.now())
+        .min(new Date().setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0))
         .messages({
           "number.min": "from date must be greater than or equal to Today's date",
         })
diff --git a/test/integration/requests.test.ts b/test/integration/requests.test.ts
index be8267951..bfc5b214a 100644
--- a/test/integration/requests.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/requests.test.ts
@@ -425,7 +425,6 @@ describe("/requests OOO", function () {
           done();
         });
     });
-
     it("should approve OOO request", function (done) {
       chai
         .request(app)
diff --git a/test/unit/middlewares/oooRequests.test.ts b/test/unit/middlewares/oooRequests.test.ts
index f8b4c103c..a7fac17c1 100644
--- a/test/unit/middlewares/oooRequests.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/middlewares/oooRequests.test.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe("OOO Status Request Validators", function () {
       res = {};
 
       await createOooStatusRequestValidator(req as any, res as any, nextSpy);
-      expect(nextSpy.calledOnce);
+      expect(nextSpy.notCalled).to.be.true;
     });
 
     it("should not validate for an invalid request on wrong type", async function () {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe("OOO Status Request Validators", function () {
 
     it("should not validate for an invalid request if all until date is greater than from", async function () {
       req = {
-        body: { ...validOooStatusRequests, from: Date.now() + 5000000, until: Date.now() + 1000000 },
+        body: { ...validOooStatusRequests, from: new Date().setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0) + 5000000, until: new Date().setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0) + 1000000 },
       };
       try {
         await createOooStatusRequestValidator(req as any, res as any, nextSpy);