diff --git a/components/hours-widget.html b/components/hours-widget.html
index 57f924c..372a970 100644
--- a/components/hours-widget.html
+++ b/components/hours-widget.html
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 
 $(document).ready(function(){
 
+// a function to add the offset
+Date.prototype.addHours= function(h){
+    this.setHours(this.getHours()+h);
+    return this;
+}
+
 $.ajax({
   url: "https://kbcc-cuny.libcal.com/widget/hours/grid?iid=5570&format=json&weeks=1&systemTime=0",
   type: 'GET',
@@ -14,39 +20,30 @@ $.ajax({
   dataType: 'jsonp'
 })
   .done( function (data) {
-    for (i = 0; i < data.locations.length; i++) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < data.locations.length; i++) {
       if (data.locations[i].lid === 16733) {
-        for (let key in data.locations[i].weeks[0]) {
-          hours = data.locations[i].weeks[0][key]["rendered"];
+        weekdays = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];
+        for (let j = 0; j < weekdays.length; j++) {
+          let x = weekdays[j];
+          hours = data.locations[i].weeks[0][x]["rendered"];
+          currently = data.locations[i].weeks[0][x]["times"]["currently_open"];
           let start_and_end = hours.split(" - ");
-          let date = new Date(data.locations[i].weeks[0][key]["date"]);
+          let target_date = new Date(data.locations[i].weeks[0][x]["date"]);
+          offset = target_date.getTimezoneOffset() / 60;
+          target_date.addHours(offset);
           let today = new Date()
-          const isToday = (today.toDateString() == date.toDateString());
+          let isToday = (today.toDateString() == target_date.toDateString());
           if (isToday) {
             if (start_and_end.length === 1) {
               document.getElementById("hours-content").innerHTML += "The library is <strong>CLOSED</strong> today.<br />"
+            } else if (currently) {
+              document.getElementById("hours-content").innerHTML += "The library is currently <strong>OPEN</strong>.<br />Today's hours are <strong>" + hours + "</strong>.<br />";
             } else {
-              let start = start_and_end[0];
-              let end = start_and_end[1];
-              let start_time = parseInt(start.replace(/\D/g, ""));
-              let start_ampm = start.slice(-2);
-              let end_time = parseInt(end.replace(/\D/g, ""));
-              let end_ampm = end.slice(-2);
-              let start_24 = start_time;
-              let end_24 = end_time;
-              if (start_ampm ===  "pm") { start_24 += 12};
-              if (end_ampm === "pm") { end_24 += 12};
-              console.log("system: " + today.getHours(), "start_24: " + start_24, "end_24: " + end_24);
-              let parsed_date = date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { weekday: 'long', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' });
-              if (start_24 <= today.getHours() && today.getHours() < end_24) {
-                document.getElementById("hours-content").innerHTML += "The library is currently <strong>OPEN</strong>.<br />Today's hours are <strong>" + hours + "</strong>.<br />"
-              } else {
-                document.getElementById("hours-content").innerHTML += "The library is currently <strong>CLOSED</strong>.<br />Today's hours are <strong>" + hours + "</strong>.<br />"
-              }
+              document.getElementById("hours-content").innerHTML += "The library is currently <strong>CLOSED</strong>.<br />Today's hours are <strong>" + hours + "</strong>.<br />";
             }
-          } 
-        }   
-      }
+          }
+        } 
+      }   
     }
   })
 });
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@ $.ajax({
 <style>
 
 #hours-content-container {
-       margin-top: -10px;
+        margin-top: -10px;
         text-align: center;
         font-size: 1.7em;
 }