diff --git a/api-client/src/index.ts b/api-client/src/index.ts
index fc71734c0d..af13969f12 100644
--- a/api-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/api-client/src/index.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export { prepareFeatureLocations, prepareFeatureLocation } from './utils/geoJson
 export { default as CategoriesMapModel } from './models/CategoriesMapModel'
 export { default as CategoryModel } from './models/CategoryModel'
 export { default as CityModel } from './models/CityModel'
-export { default as DateModel } from './models/DateModel'
+export { default as DateModel, type DateIcon } from './models/DateModel'
 export { default as EventModel } from './models/EventModel'
 export { default as LocalNewsModel } from './models/LocalNewsModel'
 export { default as TunewsModel } from './models/TunewsModel'
diff --git a/api-client/src/models/DateModel.ts b/api-client/src/models/DateModel.ts
index ab7e4fb8c5..fc3eee0c6a 100644
--- a/api-client/src/models/DateModel.ts
+++ b/api-client/src/models/DateModel.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { RRule as RRuleType } from 'rrule'
 
 const MAX_RECURRENCE_YEARS = 5
 
+export type DateIcon = 'CalendarTodayRecurringIcon' | 'CalendarRecurringIcon' | 'CalendarTodayIcon'
+
 class DateModel {
   _startDate: DateTime
   _endDate: DateTime
@@ -101,6 +103,22 @@ class DateModel {
     return `${localizedStartDate} - ${localizedEndDate.toFormat(format)}`
   }
 
+  getDateIcon(): { icon: DateIcon; label: string } | null {
+    const isRecurring = this.hasMoreRecurrencesThan(1)
+    const isToday = this.isToday
+
+    if (isRecurring && isToday) {
+      return { icon: 'CalendarTodayRecurringIcon', label: 'todayRecurring' }
+    }
+    if (isRecurring) {
+      return { icon: 'CalendarRecurringIcon', label: 'recurring' }
+    }
+    if (isToday) {
+      return { icon: 'CalendarTodayIcon', label: 'today' }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
   private rruleToDateTime(date: Date): DateTime {
     const dateTime = DateTime.fromJSDate(date)
     // rrule is not correctly handling timezones and always returning local time in the shape of UTC
diff --git a/native/src/components/EventListItem.tsx b/native/src/components/EventListItem.tsx
index 89ac5042f4..5c7e13d4ad 100644
--- a/native/src/components/EventListItem.tsx
+++ b/native/src/components/EventListItem.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { SvgProps } from 'react-native-svg'
 import styled from 'styled-components/native'
 
-import { DateModel, EventModel, parseHTML } from 'api-client'
+import { DateModel, DateIcon, EventModel, parseHTML } from 'api-client'
 
 import {
   CalendarRecurringIcon,
@@ -25,19 +25,18 @@ const Description = styled.Text`
 const placeholderThumbnails = [EventThumbnailPlaceholder1, EventThumbnailPlaceholder2, EventThumbnailPlaceholder3]
 
 const getDateIcon = (date: DateModel): { icon: JSXElementConstructor<SvgProps>; label: string } | null => {
-  const isRecurring = date.hasMoreRecurrencesThan(1)
-  const isToday = date.isToday
-
-  if (isRecurring && isToday) {
-    return { icon: CalendarTodayRecurringIcon, label: 'todayRecurring' }
-  }
-  if (isRecurring) {
-    return { icon: CalendarRecurringIcon, label: 'recurring' }
-  }
-  if (isToday) {
-    return { icon: CalendarTodayIcon, label: 'today' }
+  const icons: { [key in DateIcon]: JSXElementConstructor<SvgProps> } = {
+    CalendarTodayRecurringIcon,
+    CalendarRecurringIcon,
+    CalendarTodayIcon,
   }
-  return null
+  const iconToUse = date.getDateIcon()
+  return iconToUse
+    ? {
+        icon: icons[iconToUse.icon],
+        label: iconToUse.label,
+      }
+    : null
 }
 
 type EventListItemProps = {
diff --git a/web/src/components/EventListItem.tsx b/web/src/components/EventListItem.tsx
index 3396725e8c..cf8fce65e1 100644
--- a/web/src/components/EventListItem.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/EventListItem.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { ReactElement } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
 
-import { DateModel, EventModel, getExcerpt } from 'api-client'
+import { DateModel, DateIcon, EventModel, getExcerpt } from 'api-client'
 
 import {
   CalendarRecurringIcon,
@@ -38,19 +38,18 @@ const getEventPlaceholder = (path: string): string => {
 }
 
 const getDateIcon = (date: DateModel): { icon: string; tooltip: string } | null => {
-  const isRecurring = date.hasMoreRecurrencesThan(1)
-  const isToday = date.isToday
-
-  if (isRecurring && isToday) {
-    return { icon: CalendarTodayRecurringIcon, tooltip: 'todayRecurring' }
-  }
-  if (isRecurring) {
-    return { icon: CalendarRecurringIcon, tooltip: 'recurring' }
-  }
-  if (isToday) {
-    return { icon: CalendarTodayIcon, tooltip: 'today' }
+  const icons: { [key in DateIcon]: string } = {
+    CalendarTodayRecurringIcon,
+    CalendarRecurringIcon,
+    CalendarTodayIcon,
   }
-  return null
+  const iconToUse = date.getDateIcon()
+  return iconToUse
+    ? {
+        icon: icons[iconToUse.icon],
+        tooltip: iconToUse.label,
+      }
+    : null
 }
 
 const EventListItem = ({ event, languageCode }: EventListItemProps): ReactElement => {