diff --git a/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js b/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js
index f76641009..18771d5de 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js
+++ b/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ export class LionCalendar extends LocalizeMixin(LitElement) {
 
   __coreDayPreprocessor(_day, { currentMonth = false } = {}) {
     const day = createDay(new Date(_day.date), _day);
-    const today = new Date();
+    const today = normalizeDateTime(new Date());
     day.central = isSameDate(day.date, this.centralDate);
     day.previousMonth = currentMonth && day.date.getMonth() < currentMonth.getMonth();
     day.currentMonth = currentMonth && day.date.getMonth() === currentMonth.getMonth();
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@ export class LionCalendar extends LocalizeMixin(LitElement) {
     day.future = day.date > today;
     day.disabled = this.disableDates(day.date);
 
-    if (this.minDate && day.date < this.minDate) {
+    if (this.minDate && normalizeDateTime(day.date) < normalizeDateTime(this.minDate)) {
       day.disabled = true;
     }
 
-    if (this.maxDate && day.date > this.maxDate) {
+    if (this.maxDate && normalizeDateTime(day.date) > normalizeDateTime(this.maxDate)) {
       day.disabled = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/calendar/src/utils/normalizeDateTime.js b/packages/calendar/src/utils/normalizeDateTime.js
index de7e1d72f..290b79df1 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/src/utils/normalizeDateTime.js
+++ b/packages/calendar/src/utils/normalizeDateTime.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
  * @desc Makes suitable for date comparisons
  * @param {Date} d
diff --git a/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js b/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js
index e6438165b..84c0b02f7 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js
+++ b/packages/calendar/test/lion-calendar.test.js
@@ -354,6 +354,31 @@ describe('<lion-calendar>', () => {
           // dates in the month view will be derived from.
           expect(isNormalizedDate(el.centralDate)).to.be.true;
         });
+
+        it('normalizes dates in date comparisons', async () => {
+          const selectedDate = new Date('2000-11-04T03:00:00');
+          // without normalization, selectedDate > maxDate would wrongfully be disabled
+          const maxDate = new Date('2000-11-29T02:00:00');
+          // without normalization, selectedDate < minDate would wrongfully be disabled
+          const minDate = new Date('2000-11-02T04:00:00');
+
+          const el = await fixture(
+            html`
+              <lion-calendar
+                .selectedDate="${selectedDate}"
+                .minDate="${minDate}"
+                .maxDate="${maxDate}"
+              ></lion-calendar>
+            `,
+          );
+          const elObj = new CalendarObject(el);
+
+          expect(elObj.getDayObj(29).isDisabled).to.equal(false);
+          expect(elObj.getDayObj(30).isDisabled).to.equal(true);
+
+          expect(elObj.getDayObj(2).isDisabled).to.equal(false);
+          expect(elObj.getDayObj(1).isDisabled).to.equal(true);
+        });
       });
     });
   });