From 8bf5136213c9b70a88d93dbce176c3260ca7443a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mister-ideas <36502095+mister-ideas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:21:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Feature/change default date range of users to year to date

---
 CHANGELOG.md                          | 1 +
 apps/api/src/app/user/user.service.ts | 4 ++--
 libs/common/src/lib/config.ts         | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e35621f0b..a61f150497 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Changed the default date range of users without a stored date range from `max` to `ytd`
 - Improved the usability of the activities page by eliminating the reload on canceling the import activities dialog
 - Improved the accessibility of the _Buy me a coffee_ button on the about page
 - Improved the accessibility of the entity logo component
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/user/user.service.ts b/apps/api/src/app/user/user.service.ts
index c2f5ad5661..f997c8366a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/user/user.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/user/user.service.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { PropertyService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/property/property.serv
 import { TagService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/tag/tag.service';
 import {
   DEFAULT_CURRENCY,
-  DEFAULT_DATE_RANGE,
+  DEFAULT_USER_DATE_RANGE,
   DEFAULT_LOCALE,
   DELETE_OWN_USER_PERIOD,
   PROPERTY_API_KEY_GHOSTFOLIO,
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ export class UserService {
       (user.settings.settings as UserSettings).viewMode === 'ZEN'
         ? 'max'
         : ((user.settings.settings as UserSettings)?.dateRange ??
-          DEFAULT_DATE_RANGE);
+          DEFAULT_USER_DATE_RANGE);
 
     // Set default value for performance calculation type
     if (!(user.settings.settings as UserSettings)?.performanceCalculationType) {
diff --git a/libs/common/src/lib/config.ts b/libs/common/src/lib/config.ts
index 61008f1fc7..aa914f16d6 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export const STATISTICS_GATHERING_QUEUE = 'STATISTICS_GATHERING_QUEUE';
 export const DEFAULT_CURRENCY = 'USD';
 export const DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_MONTH_YEAR = 'MMM yyyy';
 export const DEFAULT_DATE_RANGE: DateRange = 'max';
+export const DEFAULT_USER_DATE_RANGE: DateRange = 'ytd';
 export const DEFAULT_HOST = '0.0.0.0';
 export const DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en';
 export const DEFAULT_LOCALE = 'en-US';