From 0c9f1270c506413bb03572beb928a808e0409a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin L <40267301+a8ck3n@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:45:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Override the query period for custom ranges

---
 client/my-sites/stats/summary/index.jsx | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/client/my-sites/stats/summary/index.jsx b/client/my-sites/stats/summary/index.jsx
index 4eaed80c055d6..4d2db939aa056 100644
--- a/client/my-sites/stats/summary/index.jsx
+++ b/client/my-sites/stats/summary/index.jsx
@@ -89,11 +89,14 @@ class StatsSummary extends Component {
 		};
 
 		// Update query with date range if it provided.
+		// Note that we force the period to 'day' for custom date ranges as other periods do not make sense
+		// in the context of our updated Traffic page and do not match the results as shown there.
 		const dateRange = this.props.dateRange;
 		if ( dateRange ) {
 			query.start_date = dateRange.startDate.format( 'YYYY-MM-DD' );
 			query.date = dateRange.endDate.format( 'YYYY-MM-DD' );
 			query.summarize = 1;
+			query.period = 'day'; // Override for custom date ranges.
 		}
 
 		const moduleQuery = merge( {}, statsQueryOptions, query );