diff --git a/src/modules/clock.cpp b/src/modules/clock.cpp
index 016d1d75..bd1a17d1 100644
--- a/src/modules/clock.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/clock.cpp
@@ -190,8 +190,13 @@ auto waybar::modules::Clock::update() -> void {
   if (tooltipEnabled()) {
     const year_month_day today{floor<days>(now.get_local_time())};
     const auto shiftedDay{today + cldCurrShift_};
+    // choose::earliest disambiguates the DST fall-back hour (ambiguous local
+    // time) and skips forward over the spring-forward gap (nonexistent local
+    // time); without it this constructor throws and aborts Waybar every minute
+    // during a DST transition. Fixes #2615 (and its many duplicates).
     const zoned_time shiftedNow{
-        tz, local_days(shiftedDay) + (now.get_local_time() - floor<days>(now.get_local_time()))};
+        tz, local_days(shiftedDay) + (now.get_local_time() - floor<days>(now.get_local_time())),
+        choose::earliest};
 
     if (tzInTooltip_) tzText_ = getTZtext(now.get_sys_time());
     if (cldInTooltip_) cldText_ = get_calendar(today, shiftedDay, tz);
@@ -441,9 +446,11 @@ auto waybar::modules::Clock::get_calendar(const year_month_day& today, const yea
                           fmt_lib::make_format_args(
                               (line == 2)
                                   ? static_cast<const zoned_seconds&&>(
-                                        zoned_seconds{tz, local_days{ymTmp / 1}})
-                                  : static_cast<const zoned_seconds&&>(zoned_seconds{
-                                        tz, local_days{cldGetWeekForLine(ymTmp, firstdow, line)}})))
+                                        zoned_seconds{tz, local_days{ymTmp / 1}, choose::earliest})
+                                  : static_cast<const zoned_seconds&&>(
+                                        zoned_seconds{tz,
+                                                      local_days{cldGetWeekForLine(ymTmp, firstdow, line)},
+                                                      choose::earliest})))
                    << ' ';
               } else {
                 os << pads;
@@ -482,11 +489,11 @@ auto waybar::modules::Clock::get_calendar(const year_month_day& today, const yea
                    << fmt_lib::vformat(
                           m_locale_, fmtMap_[4],
                           fmt_lib::make_format_args(
-                              (line == 2) ? static_cast<const zoned_seconds&&>(
-                                                zoned_seconds{tz, local_days{ymTmp / 1}})
-                                          : static_cast<const zoned_seconds&&>(
-                                                zoned_seconds{tz, local_days{cldGetWeekForLine(
-                                                                      ymTmp, firstdow, line)}})));
+                              (line == 2) ? static_cast<const zoned_seconds&&>(zoned_seconds{
+                                                tz, local_days{ymTmp / 1}, choose::earliest})
+                                          : static_cast<const zoned_seconds&&>(zoned_seconds{
+                                                tz, local_days{cldGetWeekForLine(ymTmp, firstdow, line)},
+                                                choose::earliest})));
               else
                 os << pads;
             }