diff --git a/src/components/activitylog.js b/src/components/activitylog.js
index 4062b7ca1..82f58e187 100644
--- a/src/components/activitylog.js
+++ b/src/components/activitylog.js
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import Events from '../utils/events.ts';
 import globalize from '../scripts/globalize';
 import dom from '../scripts/dom';
 import { formatRelative } from 'date-fns';
-import { getLocale } from '../scripts/dfnshelper';
 import serverNotifications from '../scripts/serverNotifications';
 import '../elements/emby-button/emby-button';
 import './listview/listview.scss';
 import ServerConnections from './ServerConnections';
 import alert from './alert';
+import { getLocale } from '../utils/dateFnsLocale.ts';
 import { toBoolean } from '../utils/string.ts';
 
 /* eslint-disable indent */
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/users/UserCardBox.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/users/UserCardBox.tsx
index 05379be5b..d6940c5d1 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/users/UserCardBox.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/users/UserCardBox.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { UserDto } from '@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client';
 import React, { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
 import { formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns';
-import { getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../../scripts/dfnshelper';
+import { getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../../utils/dateFnsLocale';
 import globalize from '../../../scripts/globalize';
 import cardBuilder from '../../cardbuilder/cardBuilder';
 import IconButtonElement from '../../../elements/IconButtonElement';
diff --git a/src/controllers/dashboard/dashboard.js b/src/controllers/dashboard/dashboard.js
index f2c042b07..b80ff8abc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dashboard/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/controllers/dashboard/dashboard.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import serverNotifications from '../../scripts/serverNotifications';
 import dom from '../../scripts/dom';
 import globalize from '../../scripts/globalize';
 import { formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns';
-import { getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../scripts/dfnshelper';
+import { getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../utils/dateFnsLocale.ts';
 import loading from '../../components/loading/loading';
 import playMethodHelper from '../../components/playback/playmethodhelper';
 import cardBuilder from '../../components/cardbuilder/cardBuilder';
diff --git a/src/controllers/dashboard/devices/devices.js b/src/controllers/dashboard/devices/devices.js
index d3644da46..3c3a03974 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dashboard/devices/devices.js
+++ b/src/controllers/dashboard/devices/devices.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import dom from '../../../scripts/dom';
 import globalize from '../../../scripts/globalize';
 import imageHelper from '../../../scripts/imagehelper';
 import { formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns';
-import { getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../../scripts/dfnshelper';
+import { getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../../utils/dateFnsLocale.ts';
 import '../../../elements/emby-button/emby-button';
 import '../../../elements/emby-itemscontainer/emby-itemscontainer';
 import '../../../components/cardbuilder/card.scss';
diff --git a/src/controllers/dashboard/scheduledtasks/scheduledtasks.js b/src/controllers/dashboard/scheduledtasks/scheduledtasks.js
index d36f330cc..0c8f0dca3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dashboard/scheduledtasks/scheduledtasks.js
+++ b/src/controllers/dashboard/scheduledtasks/scheduledtasks.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import loading from '../../../components/loading/loading';
 import globalize from '../../../scripts/globalize';
 import serverNotifications from '../../../scripts/serverNotifications';
 import { formatDistance, formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns';
-import { getLocale, getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../../scripts/dfnshelper';
+import { getLocale, getLocaleWithSuffix } from '../../../utils/dateFnsLocale.ts';
 import Events from '../../../utils/events.ts';
 
 import '../../../components/listview/listview.scss';
diff --git a/src/scripts/globalize.js b/src/scripts/globalize.js
index 7ef28a278..d95da559c 100644
--- a/src/scripts/globalize.js
+++ b/src/scripts/globalize.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import isEmpty from 'lodash-es/isEmpty';
 
 import { currentSettings as userSettings } from './settings/userSettings';
 import Events from '../utils/events.ts';
-import { updateLocale } from './dfnshelper';
+import { updateLocale } from '../utils/dateFnsLocale.ts';
 
 const Direction = {
     rtl: 'rtl',
diff --git a/src/scripts/dfnshelper.js b/src/utils/dateFnsLocale.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from src/scripts/dfnshelper.js
rename to src/utils/dateFnsLocale.ts
index 8b9a0d4cd..425ac7b25 100644
--- a/src/scripts/dfnshelper.js
+++ b/src/utils/dateFnsLocale.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import enUS from 'date-fns/locale/en-US';
 
-const LOCALE_MAP = {
+const LOCALE_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
     'af': 'af',
     'ar': 'ar-DZ',
     'be-by': 'be',
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ const DEFAULT_LOCALE = 'en-US';
 let localeString = DEFAULT_LOCALE;
 let locale = enUS;
 
-export async function updateLocale(newLocale) {
-    console.debug('[dfnshelper] updating date-fns locale', newLocale);
+export async function updateLocale(newLocale: string) {
+    console.debug('[dateFnsLocale] updating date-fns locale', newLocale);
     localeString = LOCALE_MAP[newLocale] || LOCALE_MAP[newLocale.replace(/-.*/, '')] || DEFAULT_LOCALE;
-    console.debug('[dfnshelper] mapped to date-fns locale', localeString);
+    console.debug('[dateFnsLocale] mapped to date-fns locale', localeString);
     locale = await import(`date-fns/locale/${localeString}/index.js`);
 }