diff --git a/pkg/database/vercode.go b/pkg/database/vercode.go
index e1dbe2f03..44f266d7d 100644
--- a/pkg/database/vercode.go
+++ b/pkg/database/vercode.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/exposure-notifications-verification-server/pkg/timeutils"
 	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
 )
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func (VerificationCode) TableName() string {
 // to update statistics about usage. If the executions fail, an error is logged
 // but the transaction continues. This is called automatically by gorm.
 func (v *VerificationCode) AfterCreate(scope *gorm.Scope) {
-	date := v.CreatedAt.Truncate(24 * time.Hour)
+	date := timeutils.Midnight(v.CreatedAt)
 
 	// If the issuer was a user, update the user stats for the day.
 	if v.IssuingUserID != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/database/vercode_test.go b/pkg/database/vercode_test.go
index 93868f2af..11c8cc2b3 100644
--- a/pkg/database/vercode_test.go
+++ b/pkg/database/vercode_test.go
@@ -303,3 +303,106 @@ func TestPurgeVerificationCodes(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("purge record count mismatch, want: 2, got: %v", count)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStatDatesOnCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	// Please note, this test is NOT exhaustive. A better engineer would try
+	// all dates, and a bunch of corner cases. This is intended as a
+	// smokescreen.
+	t.Parallel()
+	db := NewTestDatabase(t)
+	db.db.LogMode(true)
+	fmtString := "2006-01-02"
+	now := time.Now()
+	nowStr := now.Format(fmtString)
+	maxAge := time.Hour
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		code     *VerificationCode
+		statDate string
+	}{
+		{
+			&VerificationCode{
+				Code:          "111111",
+				LongCode:      "111111",
+				TestType:      "negative",
+				ExpiresAt:     now.Add(time.Second),
+				LongExpiresAt: now.Add(time.Second),
+				IssuingUserID: 100, // need for RealmUserStats
+				IssuingAppID:  200, // need for AuthorizedAppStats
+				RealmID:       300, // need for RealmStats
+			},
+			nowStr},
+	}
+
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		if err := db.SaveVerificationCode(test.code, maxAge); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("[%d] error saving code: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		{
+			var stats []*RealmUserStats
+			if err := db.db.
+				Model(&UserStats{}).
+				Select("*").
+				Scan(&stats).
+				Error; err != nil {
+				if IsNotFound(err) {
+					t.Fatalf("[%d] Error grabbing user stats %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+			if len(stats) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("[%d] expected one user stat", i)
+			}
+			if stats[0].CodesIssued != uint(i+1) {
+				t.Errorf("[%d] expected stat.CodesIssued = %d, expected %d", i, stats[0].CodesIssued, i+1)
+			}
+			if f := stats[0].Date.Format(fmtString); f != test.statDate {
+				t.Errorf("[%d] expected stat.Date = %s, expected %s", i, f, test.statDate)
+			}
+		}
+
+		{
+			var stats []*AuthorizedAppStats
+			if err := db.db.
+				Model(&UserStats{}).
+				Select("*").
+				Scan(&stats).
+				Error; err != nil {
+				if IsNotFound(err) {
+					t.Fatalf("[%d] Error grabbing app stats %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+			if len(stats) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("[%d] expected one user stat", i)
+			}
+			if stats[0].CodesIssued != uint(i+1) {
+				t.Errorf("[%d] expected stat.CodesIssued = %d, expected %d", i, stats[0].CodesIssued, i+1)
+			}
+			if f := stats[0].Date.Format(fmtString); f != test.statDate {
+				t.Errorf("[%d] expected stat.Date = %s, expected %s", i, f, test.statDate)
+			}
+		}
+
+		{
+			var stats []*RealmStats
+			if err := db.db.
+				Model(&UserStats{}).
+				Select("*").
+				Scan(&stats).
+				Error; err != nil {
+				if IsNotFound(err) {
+					t.Fatalf("[%d] Error grabbing realm stats %v", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+			if len(stats) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("[%d] expected one user stat", i)
+			}
+			if stats[0].CodesIssued != uint(i+1) {
+				t.Errorf("[%d] expected stat.CodesIssued = %d, expected %d", i, stats[0].CodesIssued, i+1)
+			}
+			if f := stats[0].Date.Format(fmtString); f != test.statDate {
+				t.Errorf("[%d] expected stat.Date = %s, expected %s", i, f, test.statDate)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/timeutils/midnight.go b/pkg/timeutils/midnight.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62c4058a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/timeutils/midnight.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package timeutils defines functions to close the gaps present in Golang's
+// default implementation of Time.
+package timeutils
+
+import "time"
+
+// LocalMidnight returns the local midnight of the given time.
+func LocalMidnight(t time.Time) time.Time {
+	return time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
+}
+
+// UTCMidnight converts the given time to UTC, and returns the UTC time.
+func UTCMidnight(t time.Time) time.Time {
+	t = t.UTC()
+	return time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+}
+
+// Midnight returns the midnight of the given time.
+func Midnight(t time.Time) time.Time {
+	return time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, t.Location())
+}