diff --git a/common/changes/minimonthfixes_2017-05-08-22-52.json b/common/changes/minimonthfixes_2017-05-08-22-52.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3c9bdf688a7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/minimonthfixes_2017-05-08-22-52.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "DatePicker: Use todaysDate instead of today in _getWeeks",
+      "type": "patch"
+    },
+    {
+      "comment": "",
+      "packageName": "@uifabric/utilities",
+      "type": "none"
+    },
+    {
+      "comment": "",
+      "packageName": "@uifabric/styling",
+      "type": "none"
+    },
+    {
+      "comment": "",
+      "packageName": "@uifabric/example-app-base",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "email": "johannao@microsoft.com"
+}
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diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Calendar/CalendarDay.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Calendar/CalendarDay.tsx
index dfb0268ace666..68f2970e04293 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Calendar/CalendarDay.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Calendar/CalendarDay.tsx
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export class CalendarDay extends BaseComponent<ICalendarDayProps, ICalendarDaySt
           date: date.getDate(),
           originalDate: originalDate,
           isInMonth: date.getMonth() === navigatedDate.getMonth(),
-          isToday: compareDates(today, date),
+          isToday: compareDates(todaysDate, date),
           isSelected: isInDateRangeArray(date, selectedDates),
           onSelected: this._onSelectDate.bind(this, originalDate)
         };