diff --git a/lib/tasks/remap_2025_hhregresstill_values.rake b/lib/tasks/remap_2025_hhregresstill_values.rake
index f63f12ce6..684125147 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/remap_2025_hhregresstill_values.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/remap_2025_hhregresstill_values.rake
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 desc "Remaps hhregresstill values for manually created 2025/26 sales logs"
 task :remap_2025_hhregresstill_values, %i[before_date] => :environment do |_task, args|
-  usage_message = "Usage: rake remap_2025_hhregresstill_values['before_date']. before_date must be in format YYYY-MM-DD"
+  usage_message = "Usage: rake remap_2025_hhregresstill_values['before_datetime']. before_datetime must be in format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS"
   raise usage_message if args[:before_date].blank?
 
-  begin
-    before_date = Date.parse(args[:before_date])
-  rescue Date::Error
-    raise usage_message
-  end
+  before_datetime = Time.zone.parse(args[:before_date])
+  raise usage_message if before_datetime.nil?
 
-  logs = SalesLog.filter_by_year(2025).where(bulk_upload_id: nil).where(hhregresstill: [5, 6, 7]).where("created_at < ?", before_date)
+  logs = SalesLog.filter_by_year(2025).where(bulk_upload_id: nil).where(hhregresstill: [5, 6, 7]).where("created_at < ?", before_datetime)
   puts "Updating #{logs.count} sales logs"
 
   logs.where(hhregresstill: 5).update_all(hhregresstill: 10)