diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Common/Dashboards.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Common/Dashboards.php
index f0d912bcf..f255d5e36 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Common/Dashboards.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Common/Dashboards.php
@@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ class Dashboards extends Controller
             return Widgets::canShow($widget->class);
         });
 
-        $financial_start = $this->getFinancialStart()->format('Y-m-d');
+        $date_picker_shortcuts = $this->getDatePickerShortcuts();
 
-        return view('common.dashboards.show', compact('dashboard', 'widgets', 'financial_start'));
+        if (!request()->has('start_date')) {
+            request()->merge(['start_date' => $date_picker_shortcuts[trans('reports.this_year')]['start']]);
+            request()->merge(['end_date' => $date_picker_shortcuts[trans('reports.this_year')]['end']]);
+        }
+
+        return view('common.dashboards.show', compact('dashboard', 'widgets', 'date_picker_shortcuts'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Traits/DateTime.php b/app/Traits/DateTime.php
index ef3f102e4..61f987ff9 100644
--- a/app/Traits/DateTime.php
+++ b/app/Traits/DateTime.php
@@ -136,6 +136,50 @@ trait DateTime
         return $quarters;
     }
 
+    public function getDatePickerShortcuts()
+    {
+        $today = new Date();
+        $financial_year = $this->getFinancialYear();
+        $financial_quarters = $this->getFinancialQuarters();
+
+        foreach ($financial_quarters as $quarter) {
+            if ($today->lessThan($quarter->getStartDate()) || $today->greaterThan($quarter->getEndDate())) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $this_quarter = $quarter;
+        }
+
+        if (!isset($this_quarter)) {
+            $this_quarter = $financial_quarters[0];
+        }
+
+        $date_picker_shortcuts = [
+            trans('reports.this_year') => [
+                'start' => $financial_year->getStartDate()->format('Y-m-d'),
+                'end' => $financial_year->getEndDate()->format('Y-m-d'),
+            ],
+            trans('reports.previous_year') => [
+                'start' => $financial_year->getStartDate()->copy()->subYear()->format('Y-m-d'),
+                'end' => $financial_year->getEndDate()->copy()->subYear()->format('Y-m-d'),
+            ],
+            trans('reports.this_quarter') => [
+                'start' => $this_quarter->getStartDate()->format('Y-m-d'),
+                'end' => $this_quarter->getEndDate()->format('Y-m-d'),
+            ],
+            trans('reports.previous_quarter') => [
+                'start' => $this_quarter->getStartDate()->copy()->subQuarter()->format('Y-m-d'),
+                'end' => $this_quarter->getEndDate()->copy()->subQuarter()->format('Y-m-d'),
+            ],
+            trans('reports.last_12_months') => [
+                'start' => $today->copy()->subYear()->startOfDay()->format('Y-m-d'),
+                'end' => $today->copy()->subDay()->endOfDay()->format('Y-m-d'),
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        return $date_picker_shortcuts;
+    }
+
     public function getMonthlyDateFormat($year = null)
     {
         $format = 'M';
diff --git a/resources/views/common/dashboards/show.blade.php b/resources/views/common/dashboards/show.blade.php
index 4301e4f9f..ce3d3a6fc 100644
--- a/resources/views/common/dashboards/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/common/dashboards/show.blade.php
@@ -81,18 +81,15 @@
         value-format="yyyy-MM-dd"
         @change="onChangeFilterDate"
         range-separator=">>"
-        start-placeholder="{{ trans('general.start_date')}}"
-        end-placeholder="{{ trans('general.end_date')}}"
+        start-placeholder="{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.this_year")]["start"] }}"
+        end-placeholder="{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.this_year")]["end"] }}"
         :picker-options="{
             shortcuts: [
                 {
                     text: '{{ trans("reports.this_year") }}',
                     onClick(picker) {
-                        const end = new Date('{{ $financial_start }}');
-                        const start = new Date('{{ $financial_start }}');
-
-                        end.setFullYear(start.getFullYear() + 1);
-                        end.setTime(end.getTime() - 3600 * 1000 * 24 * 1);
+                        const start = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.this_year")]["start"] }}');
+                        const end = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.this_year")]["end"] }}');
 
                         picker.$emit('pick', [start, end]);
                     }
@@ -100,13 +97,8 @@
                 {
                     text: '{{ trans("reports.previous_year") }}',
                     onClick(picker) {
-                        const end = new Date('{{ $financial_start }}');
-                        const start = new Date('{{ $financial_start }}');
-
-                        start.setTime(start.getTime() - 3600 * 1000 * 24 * 365);
-
-                        end.setFullYear(start.getFullYear() + 1);
-                        end.setTime(end.getTime() - 3600 * 1000 * 24 * 1);
+                        const start = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.previous_year")]["start"] }}');
+                        const end = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.previous_year")]["end"] }}');
 
                         picker.$emit('pick', [start, end]);
                     }
@@ -114,10 +106,8 @@
                 {
                     text: '{{ trans("reports.this_quarter") }}',
                     onClick(picker) {
-                        const now = new Date();
-                        const quarter = Math.floor((now.getMonth() / 3));
-                        const start = new Date(now.getFullYear(), quarter * 3, 1);
-                        const end = new Date(start.getFullYear(), start.getMonth() + 3, 0);
+                        const start = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.this_quarter")]["start"] }}');
+                        const end = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.this_quarter")]["end"] }}');
 
                         picker.$emit('pick', [start, end]);
                     }
@@ -125,13 +115,8 @@
                 {
                     text: '{{ trans("reports.previous_quarter") }}',
                     onClick(picker) {
-                        const now = new Date();
-                        const quarter = Math.floor((now.getMonth() / 3));
-                        const start = new Date(now.getFullYear(), quarter * 3, 1);
-                        const end = new Date(start.getFullYear(), start.getMonth() + 3, 0);
-
-                        start.setMonth(start.getMonth() - 3);
-                        end.setMonth(end.getMonth() - 3);
+                        const start = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.previous_quarter")]["start"] }}');
+                        const end = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.previous_quarter")]["end"] }}');
 
                         picker.$emit('pick', [start, end]);
                     }
@@ -139,10 +124,8 @@
                 {
                     text: '{{ trans("reports.last_12_months") }}',
                     onClick(picker) {
-                        const end = new Date();
-                        const start = new Date();
-
-                        start.setTime(start.getTime() - 3600 * 1000 * 24 * 365);
+                        const start = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.last_12_months")]["start"] }}');
+                        const end = new Date('{{ $date_picker_shortcuts[trans("reports.last_12_months")]["end"] }}');
 
                         picker.$emit('pick', [start, end]);
                     }