diff --git a/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-form/ScheduleEmailForm.jsx b/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-form/ScheduleEmailForm.jsx
index 508fa96..f3a5efb 100644
--- a/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-form/ScheduleEmailForm.jsx
+++ b/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-form/ScheduleEmailForm.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ function ScheduleEmailForm(props) {
   const isMobile = useMobileResponsive();
   const { isValid, onDateTimeChange, dateTime } = props;
   const { date, time } = dateTime;
+  const descriptionDate = new Date();
+  descriptionDate.setDate(new Date().getDate() + 1);
   return (
     <Form.Group>
       <div className={classNames('d-flex', isMobile ? 'flex-column' : 'flex-row', 'my-3')}>
@@ -30,7 +32,10 @@ function ScheduleEmailForm(props) {
           <small className="text-gray-500 x-small">
             <FormattedMessage
               id="bulk.email.form.schedule.date.description"
-              defaultMessage="Enter a start date, e.g. 11/27/2023"
+              defaultMessage="Enter a start date, e.g. {date}"
+              values={{
+                date: descriptionDate.toLocaleDateString(),
+              }}
             />
           </small>
         </div>
@@ -52,7 +57,10 @@ function ScheduleEmailForm(props) {
           <small className="text-gray-500 x-small">
             <FormattedMessage
               id="bulk.email.form.schedule.time.description"
-              defaultMessage="Enter a start time, e.g. 09:00 AM"
+              defaultMessage="Enter a start time, e.g. {time}"
+              values={{
+                time: descriptionDate.toLocaleTimeString([], { timeStyle: 'short' }),
+              }}
             />
           </small>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-task-manager/bulk-email-scheduled-emails-table/BulkEmailScheduledEmailsTable.jsx b/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-task-manager/bulk-email-scheduled-emails-table/BulkEmailScheduledEmailsTable.jsx
index 8fb0863..fb52bc9 100644
--- a/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-task-manager/bulk-email-scheduled-emails-table/BulkEmailScheduledEmailsTable.jsx
+++ b/src/components/bulk-email-tool/bulk-email-task-manager/bulk-email-scheduled-emails-table/BulkEmailScheduledEmailsTable.jsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function flattenScheduledEmailsArray(emails) {
     emailId: email.courseEmail.id,
     task: email.task,
     taskDue: new Date(email.taskDue).toLocaleString(),
+    taskDueUTC: email.taskDue,
     ...email.courseEmail,
     targets: email.courseEmail.targets.join(', '),
   }));
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@ function BulkEmailScheduledEmailsTable({ intl }) {
   const handleEditEmail = (row) => {
     const {
       original: {
-        htmlMessage: emailBody, subject: emailSubject, taskDue, targets, schedulingId, emailId,
+        htmlMessage: emailBody, subject: emailSubject, taskDueUTC, targets, schedulingId, emailId,
       },
     } = row;
-    const dateTime = new Date(taskDue);
+    const dateTime = new Date(taskDueUTC);
     const emailRecipients = targets.replaceAll('-', ':').split(', ');
     const scheduleDate = formatDate(dateTime);
     const scheduleTime = formatTime(dateTime);