diff --git a/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/CalendarView.qml b/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/CalendarView.qml
--- a/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/CalendarView.qml
+++ b/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/CalendarView.qml
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@
     property bool isExpanded: plasmoid.expanded
 
     onIsExpandedChanged: {
-        // clear all the selections when the plasmoid is showing/hiding
-        monthView.resetToToday();
+        if (isExpanded) {
+            // clear all the selections when the plasmoid is showing
+            monthView.resetToToday();
+        }
     }
 
     Item {
@@ -87,14 +89,9 @@
             target: monthView
 
             onCurrentDateChanged: {
-                // Apparently this is needed because this is a simple QList being
-                // returned and if the list for the current day has 1 event and the
-                // user clicks some other date which also has 1 event, QML sees the
-                // sizes match and does not update the labels with the content.
-                // Resetting the model to null first clears it and then correct data
-                // are displayed.
-                holidaysList.model = null;
-                holidaysList.model = monthView.daysModel.eventsForDate(monthView.currentDate);
+                if (calendar.isExpanded) {
+                    holidaysList.model = monthView.daysModel.eventsForDate(monthView.currentDate);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -102,12 +99,18 @@
             target: monthView.daysModel
 
             onAgendaUpdated: {
-                // Checks if the dates are the same, comparing the date objects
-                // directly won't work and this does a simple integer subtracting
-                // so should be fastest. One of the JS weirdness.
-                if (updatedDate - monthView.currentDate === 0) {
-                    holidaysList.model = null;
-                    holidaysList.model = monthView.daysModel.eventsForDate(monthView.currentDate);
+                if (calendar.isExpanded) {
+                    // We have to compare all three values separately instead of comparing the two date objects as a whole.
+                    // Somehow there is a wrong time set in updatedDate that we don't want to take into comparision.
+                    // I think because due to polymorphism updatedDate is a QDateTime object that gets converted to a javascript date object.
+                    // The result is that the hours are saved for the current time zone.
+                    // For example when timezone is GMT+0100 the time in updatedDate is 01:00:00 but in currentDate it is always 00:00:00.
+                    if (updatedDate.getDate() === monthView.currentDate.getDate() 
+                        && updatedDate.getMonth() === monthView.currentDate.getMonth() 
+                        && updatedDate.getFullYear() === monthView.currentDate.getFullYear()) 
+                    {
+                        holidaysList.model = monthView.daysModel.eventsForDate(monthView.currentDate);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }