diff --git a/assets/components/NotificationPopup.tsx b/assets/components/NotificationPopup.tsx
index e3bb04de7..865a1eff1 100644
--- a/assets/components/NotificationPopup.tsx
+++ b/assets/components/NotificationPopup.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-import {formatDate, gettext} from 'utils';
+import {formatDate, gettext, notificationsArePaused, notificationsWillBePaused, parseISODate} from 'utils';
 import {IArticle, IUser} from 'interfaces';
 
 import NotificationListItem from './NotificationListItem';
@@ -19,15 +19,10 @@ export interface IProps {
 }
 
 export const NotificationPopup = (props: IProps) => {
-    const today = (new Date()).toISOString().substring(0, 10);
-    const pausedFrom = props.fullUser.notification_schedule?.pause_from ?? '';
-    const pausedTo = props.fullUser.notification_schedule?.pause_to ?? '';
-    const notificationsArePaused = (
-        pausedFrom != '' && pausedFrom <= today &&
-        pausedTo != '' && pausedTo >= today
-    );
+    const pausedFrom = parseISODate(props.fullUser.notification_schedule?.pause_from);
+    const pausedTo = parseISODate(props.fullUser.notification_schedule?.pause_to);
 
-    if (notificationsArePaused) {
+    if (notificationsArePaused(pausedFrom, pausedTo)) {
         return (
             <div className="notif__list dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right show">
                 <div className='notif__list__header d-flex'>
@@ -78,7 +73,7 @@ export const NotificationPopup = (props: IProps) => {
                         </button>
                     </div>
 
-                    {(pausedFrom != '' && pausedTo != '' && notificationsArePaused === false) && (
+                    {(notificationsWillBePaused(pausedFrom, pausedTo)) && (
                         <div className='p-3'>
                             <div className='nh-container nh-container__text--info p-2'>
                                 {gettext('All notifications are set to be paused from {{dateFrom}} to {{dateTo}}', {dateFrom: formatDate(pausedFrom), dateTo: formatDate(pausedTo)})}
diff --git a/assets/user-profile/components/profile/UserProfile.tsx b/assets/user-profile/components/profile/UserProfile.tsx
index ba217b5e7..35b3dff82 100644
--- a/assets/user-profile/components/profile/UserProfile.tsx
+++ b/assets/user-profile/components/profile/UserProfile.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 
 import {IUser} from 'interfaces';
-import {gettext, getSubscriptionTimesString, formatDate} from 'utils';
+import {gettext, getSubscriptionTimesString, formatDate, parseISODate, notificationsArePaused, notificationsWillBePaused} from 'utils';
 
 import TextInput from 'components/TextInput';
 import SelectInput from 'components/SelectInput';
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ class UserProfile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
         const {user, onChange, errors, authProviderFeatures} = this.props;
         const onCancel = () => this.props.fetchUser(this.props.user._id);
         const localeOptions = getLocaleInputOptions();
+        const pausedFrom = parseISODate(this.props.user.notification_schedule?.pause_from);
+        const pausedTo = parseISODate(this.props.user.notification_schedule?.pause_to);
         return (
             <form className="profile-content profile-content--user">
                 <div className="profile-content__main">
@@ -187,12 +189,12 @@ class UserProfile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
                             
                             <div className='row'>
                                 <div className="col-lg-6">
-                                    {this.props.user.notification_schedule && this.props.user.notification_schedule.pause_from != '' && this.props.user.notification_schedule.pause_to != ''
-                                        ? (
+                                    {(notificationsArePaused(pausedFrom, pausedTo) || notificationsWillBePaused(pausedFrom, pausedTo)) ?
+                                        (
                                             <div className="nh-container nh-container__text--alert">
                                                 <div className='d-flex flex-column gap-3 p-3'>
                                                     <div>
-                                                        {gettext('All notifications will be paused from {{dateFrom}} to {{dateTo}}', {dateFrom: formatDate(this.props.user.notification_schedule.pause_from), dateTo: formatDate(this.props.user.notification_schedule.pause_to)})}
+                                                        {gettext('All notifications will be paused from {{dateFrom}} to {{dateTo}}', {dateFrom: formatDate(pausedFrom), dateTo: formatDate(pausedTo)})}
                                                     </div>
                                                     <div>
                                                         <button
diff --git a/assets/utils.tsx b/assets/utils.tsx
index 3d452051f..4b8f6b604 100644
--- a/assets/utils.tsx
+++ b/assets/utils.tsx
@@ -752,3 +752,25 @@ export function getSubscriptionTimesString(user: IUser): string {
         timezone: timezoneAbbreviation,
     });
 }
+
+// Returns the number of seconds since epoch for the given ISO date string
+export function parseISODate(date?: string): number {
+    return date ? Date.parse(date) : NaN;
+}
+
+// Will return number of seconds since epoch for today at 00:00:00
+function getTodayTimestamp(): number {
+    return (new Date()).setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
+}
+
+export function notificationsArePaused(pausedFrom: number, pausedTo: number): boolean {
+    const today = getTodayTimestamp();
+
+    return pausedFrom <= today && pausedTo >= today;
+}
+
+export function notificationsWillBePaused(pausedFrom: number, pausedTo: number): boolean {
+    const today = getTodayTimestamp();
+
+    return pausedFrom > today && pausedTo > today;
+}