diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Service/AbsenceService.php b/apps/dav/lib/Service/AbsenceService.php
index 7cbc0386d4387..6e4161023dc51 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Service/AbsenceService.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Service/AbsenceService.php
@@ -81,27 +81,32 @@ public function createOrUpdateAbsence(
 		}
 
 		$now = $this->timeFactory->getTime();
-		if ($eventData->getStartDate() > $now) {
-			$this->jobList->scheduleAfter(
-				OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class,
-				$eventData->getStartDate(),
-				[
-					'id' => $absence->getId(),
-					'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_START,
-				],
-			);
-		}
-		if ($eventData->getEndDate() > $now) {
-			$this->jobList->scheduleAfter(
-				OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class,
-				$eventData->getEndDate(),
-				[
-					'id' => $absence->getId(),
-					'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_END,
-				],
-			);
+		if($eventData->getEndDate() < $now) {
+			// absence is in the past
+			return $absence;
 		}
 
+		// If the absence is for today the timestamp will be smaller than $now
+		// so run the job now if that is the case
+		$runJobAt = ($eventData->getStartDate() < $now) ? $now : $eventData->getStartDate();
+		$this->jobList->scheduleAfter(
+			OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class,
+			$runJobAt,
+			[
+				'id' => $absence->getId(),
+				'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_START,
+			],
+		);
+
+		$this->jobList->scheduleAfter(
+			OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class,
+			$eventData->getEndDate(),
+			[
+				'id' => $absence->getId(),
+				'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_END,
+			],
+		);
+
 		return $absence;
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/dav/tests/unit/Service/AbsenceServiceTest.php b/apps/dav/tests/unit/Service/AbsenceServiceTest.php
index 1bc5f53f18ccd..a7f8c8490de4b 100644
--- a/apps/dav/tests/unit/Service/AbsenceServiceTest.php
+++ b/apps/dav/tests/unit/Service/AbsenceServiceTest.php
@@ -252,14 +252,21 @@ public function testCreateAbsenceSchedulesOnlyEndJob() {
 			->method('getUserTimezone')
 			->with('user')
 			->willReturn($tz->getName());
+		$time = (new DateTimeImmutable('2023-01-07', $tz))->getTimestamp();
 		$this->timeFactory->expects(self::once())
 			->method('getTime')
-			->willReturn((new DateTimeImmutable('2023-01-07', $tz))->getTimestamp());
-		$this->jobList->expects(self::once())
+			->willReturn($time);
+		$this->jobList->expects(self::exactly(2))
 			->method('scheduleAfter')
-			->with(OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class, $endDate->getTimestamp() + 3600 * 23 + 59 * 60, [
-				'id' => '1',
-				'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_END,
+			->willReturnMap([
+				[OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class, $time, [
+					'id' => '1',
+					'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_START,
+				]],
+				[OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class, $endDate->getTimestamp() + 3600 * 23 + 59 * 60, [
+					'id' => '1',
+					'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_END,
+				]],
 			]);
 
 		$this->absenceService->createOrUpdateAbsence(
@@ -391,14 +398,21 @@ public function testUpdateSchedulesOnlyEndJob() {
 			->method('getUserTimezone')
 			->with('user')
 			->willReturn($tz->getName());
+		$time = (new DateTimeImmutable('2023-01-07', $tz))->getTimestamp();
 		$this->timeFactory->expects(self::once())
 			->method('getTime')
-			->willReturn((new DateTimeImmutable('2023-01-07', $tz))->getTimestamp());
-		$this->jobList->expects(self::once())
+			->willReturn($time);
+		$this->jobList->expects(self::exactly(2))
 			->method('scheduleAfter')
-			->with(OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class, $endDate->getTimestamp() + 23 * 3600 + 59 * 60, [
-				'id' => '1',
-				'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_END,
+			->willReturnMap([
+				[OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class, $time, [
+					'id' => '1',
+					'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_START,
+				]],
+				[OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::class, $endDate->getTimestamp() + 3600 * 23 + 59 * 60, [
+					'id' => '1',
+					'event' => OutOfOfficeEventDispatcherJob::EVENT_END,
+				]],
 			]);
 
 		$this->absenceService->createOrUpdateAbsence(