Update time references to Eastern Time and adjust maintenance job schedule

README.md

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ At low activity the curve is approximately linear (≈ $0.25 per post/hr). At hi
 
 ## Research System
 
-- Every player earns **1 research point per day** (awarded at 00:05 UTC by the maintenance worker).
+- Every player earns **1 research point per day** (awarded at midnight EST by the maintenance worker).
 - Balance milestones unlock extra daily points:
 
   | Balance | Daily points |
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Three BullMQ queues:
 |---|---|
 | `hashex-price-updates` | One job per active hashtag; fetches Mastodon and updates price + price history. Concurrency = 1 to respect rate limits. |
 | `hashex-scheduler` | Fires every `PRICE_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MINUTES`. Enqueues price-update jobs ordered by `lastUpdated ASC` (most stale first). Deduplicates by `jobId` to avoid pile-up. |
-| `hashex-maintenance` | Runs daily at 00:05 UTC. Awards research points based on each player's balance. |
+| `hashex-maintenance` | Runs daily at midnight EST. Awards research points based on each player's balance. |
 
 The worker retries failed jobs up to 3 times with exponential back-off (5 s base delay).
 

prod-compose.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ services:
       MAX_POSITION_VALUE: "${MAX_POSITION_VALUE:-1000}"
       FUND_MAX_POSITION_SHARES: "${FUND_MAX_POSITION_SHARES:-1000}"
       FUND_MAX_POSITION_VALUE: "${FUND_MAX_POSITION_VALUE:-10000}"
+      TZ: "America/Toronto"
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ services:
       MASTODON_POST_LIMIT: "${MASTODON_POST_LIMIT:-20}"
       PRICE_HISTORY_ACTIVE_DAYS: "${PRICE_HISTORY_ACTIVE_DAYS:-7}"
       PRICE_HISTORY_INACTIVE_HOURS: "${PRICE_HISTORY_INACTIVE_HOURS:-24}"
+      TZ: "America/Toronto"
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy

src/app/api/lottery/pick/route.ts

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ function buildPrizes(): number[] {
 
 function isSameDay(a: Date, b: Date) {
   return (
-    a.getUTCFullYear() === b.getUTCFullYear() &&
+    a.getFullYear() === b.getFullYear() &&
-    a.getUTCMonth() === b.getUTCMonth() &&
+    a.getMonth() === b.getMonth() &&
-    a.getUTCDate() === b.getUTCDate()
+    a.getDate() === b.getDate()
   )
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function isSameDay(a: Date, b: Date) {
  * POST /api/lottery/pick
  * Body: { box: number }  (0-indexed, 0–24)
  *
- * One free play per calendar day (UTC). Reveals prize at the chosen box.
+ * One free play per calendar day (Eastern Time). Reveals prize at the chosen box.
  */
 export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
   const session = await getServerSession(authOptions)

src/worker/index.ts

@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ async function setupRepeatableJobs() {
     },
   )
 
-  // Daily maintenance — every day at 05:00 UTC
+  // Daily maintenance — every day at 00:00 Eastern (midnight)
   await maintenanceQueue.add(
     'daily-maintenance',
     {},
     {
-      repeat: { pattern: '0 5 * * *' },
+      repeat: { pattern: '0 0 * * *' },
     },
   )