diff --git a/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php b/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php
index 44be0de..5490edd 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ class IDF_Views_Issue
                                     'page_title' => $title,
                                     'preview' => $preview,
                                     'issue' => new IDF_Issue(),
-                                    'date_today' => date('Y-m-d 23:59')
+                                    'date_today' => date('Y-m-d'),
+                                    'default_time' => Pluf::f('issue_default_due_date_time'),
                                     ),
                               self::autoCompleteArrays($prj)
                               );
@@ -713,7 +714,8 @@ class IDF_Views_Issue
                                                      'previous_issue_id' => $previous_issue_id,
                                                      'next_issue_id' => $next_issue_id,
                                                      'related_issues' => $related_issues,
-                                                     'date_today' => date('Y-m-d 23:59'),
+                                                     'date_today' => date('Y-m-d'),
+                                                     'default_time' => Pluf::f('issue_default_due_date_time'),
                                                      ),
                                                $arrays),
                                                $request);
diff --git a/src/IDF/conf/idf.php-dist b/src/IDF/conf/idf.php-dist
index 97bd441..1b44df7 100644
--- a/src/IDF/conf/idf.php-dist
+++ b/src/IDF/conf/idf.php-dist
@@ -544,5 +544,9 @@ $cfg['activity_section_weights'] = array(
 # high enough to show a proper activity index for those projects as well.
 $cfg['activity_lookback'] = 7;
 
+# Configure the default time that should be used when setting an issue due date
+# via the quick (COB, EOW, etc) menu or via the date picker
+$cfg['issue_default_due_date_time'] = '17:30';
+
 return $cfg;
 
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html
index 7a4a934..97b5c2d 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 <th>{$form.f.due_dtime.labelTag}:</th>
 <td>{if $form.f.due_dtime.errors}{$form.f.due_dtime.fieldErrors}{/if}
 {$form.f.due_dtime|unsafe}
-<a href="#" rel="{$date_today}" id="due_dtime_today">Today</a>
+<a href="#" rel="{$date_today} {$default_time}" id="due_dtime_today">Today</a>
 </td>
 <tr>
 <th>{$form.f.relation_type0.labelTag}:</th>
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 {/block}
 {block javascript}
 <script type="text/javascript">
+var default_time = '{$default_time}';
 document.getElementById('id_summary').focus();{literal}
 $(document).ready(function(){
     $("#id_due_dtime").datepicker({
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         constrainInput: false,
         dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',
         onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
-            this.value = dateText + ' 23:59';
+            this.value = dateText + ' ' + default_time;
         }
     });
     $("#due_dtime_today").click(function(){
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
index 670420e..811b491 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 <th>{$form.f.due_dtime.labelTag}:</th>
 <td>{if $form.f.due_dtime.errors}{$form.f.due_dtime.fieldErrors}{/if}
 {$form.f.due_dtime|unsafe}
-<a href="#" rel="{$date_today}" id="due_dtime_today">Today</a>
+<a href="#" rel="{$date_today} {$default_time}" id="due_dtime_today">Today</a>
 </td>
 <tr>
 <tr>
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
 {/block}
 {block javascript}{if $form}{include 'idf/issues/js-autocomplete.html'}
 <script type="text/javascript">
+var default_time = '{$default_time}';
 {literal}
 $(document).ready(function(){
     $("#id_due_dtime").datepicker({
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         constrainInput: false,
         dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',
         onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
-            this.value = dateText + ' 23:59';
+            this.value = dateText + ' ' + default_time;
         }
     });
     $("#due_dtime_today").click(function(){