diff --git a/apps/api/src/refill/time.ts b/apps/api/src/refill/time.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..172b4ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/refill/time.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Speech formatting for dates the voice agent reads aloud.
+
+// "2026-09-20" in America/Los_Angeles -> "tomorrow, Sunday, September 20th".
+// Only the spoken copy changes; stored dates stay ISO for the UI and demoTime.
+export function spokenDate(date: string, timeZone: string, now = new Date()): string {
+  const year = Number(date.slice(0, 4));
+  const month = Number(date.slice(5, 7));
+  const day = Number(date.slice(8, 10));
+  // The date is already a calendar date in timeZone, so read its parts as UTC
+  // rather than projecting it through the zone a second time.
+  const parts = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'UTC', weekday: 'long', month: 'long' })
+    .formatToParts(new Date(Date.UTC(year, month - 1, day)));
+  const weekday = parts.find((part) => part.type === 'weekday')?.value ?? '';
+  const monthName = parts.find((part) => part.type === 'month')?.value ?? '';
+  const spoken = `${weekday}, ${monthName} ${ordinal(day)}`;
+  const today = localDate(now, timeZone);
+  if (date === today) return `today, ${spoken}`;
+  // Advance the local calendar date; a local day can be 23 or 25 hours.
+  const tomorrow = new Date(`${today}T00:00:00Z`);
+  tomorrow.setUTCDate(tomorrow.getUTCDate() + 1);
+  if (date === tomorrow.toISOString().slice(0, 10)) return `tomorrow, ${spoken}`;
+  return spoken;
+}
+
+function localDate(at: Date, timeZone: string): string {
+  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-CA', { timeZone, year: 'numeric', month: '2-digit', day: '2-digit' }).format(at);
+}
+
+function ordinal(day: number): string {
+  const teen = day % 100;
+  if (teen >= 11 && teen <= 13) return `${day}th`;
+  return `${day}${['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd'][day % 10] ?? 'th'}`;
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/voice/voice.service.ts b/apps/api/src/voice/voice.service.ts
index 6c111aa..263f940 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/voice/voice.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/voice/voice.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { BadGatewayException, Injectable, ServiceUnavailableException } from '@n
 import { dynamicVariables, ElevenLabsWebVoice } from '@dispatch/voice';
 import type { VoiceDemoConfiguration, VoiceSessionStart } from '@dispatch/contracts';
 import { DemoCoordinator } from '../refill/demo-coordinator.js';
+import { spokenDate } from '../refill/time.js';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class VoiceService {
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ export class VoiceService {
       const conversationToken = await voice.createToken();
       // Reset/end during token creation must not return a usable stale offer.
       if ((await this.demo.get(session.id)).status !== 'active') throw new Error('The offer ended before voice connected.');
-      return { session, conversationToken, dynamicVariables: dynamicVariables(session.context) };
+      // The agent reads the date aloud, so speak it. session.context.date stays ISO for the UI and demoTime.
+      return { session, conversationToken,
+        dynamicVariables: { ...dynamicVariables(session.context), date: spokenDate(session.context.date, session.context.timezone) } };
     } catch (error) {
       await this.demo.end(session.id, 'failed').catch(() => {});
       throw new BadGatewayException(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'ElevenLabs unavailable');
diff --git a/apps/api/test/time.test.ts b/apps/api/test/time.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f450f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/test/time.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import { spokenDate } from '../dist/refill/time.js';
+
+const zone = 'America/Los_Angeles';
+
+test('spoken dates use the business calendar day and natural ordinals', () => {
+  const now = new Date('2026-09-20T02:00:00Z'); // Still September 19 in Los Angeles.
+  assert.equal(spokenDate('2026-09-19', zone, now), 'today, Saturday, September 19th');
+  assert.equal(spokenDate('2026-09-20', zone, now), 'tomorrow, Sunday, September 20th');
+  assert.equal(spokenDate('2026-09-21', zone, now), 'Monday, September 21st');
+  for (const [day, suffix] of [[11, 'th'], [12, 'th'], [13, 'th'], [22, 'nd'], [23, 'rd'], [30, 'th']] as const) {
+    assert.ok(spokenDate(`2026-09-${day}`, zone, now).endsWith(`${day}${suffix}`));
+  }
+});
+
+test('tomorrow follows the local calendar across daylight-saving and year boundaries', () => {
+  assert.equal(spokenDate('2026-03-08', zone, new Date('2026-03-07T23:30:00-08:00')),
+    'tomorrow, Sunday, March 8th');
+  assert.equal(spokenDate('2026-03-09', zone, new Date('2026-03-07T23:30:00-08:00')),
+    'Monday, March 9th');
+  assert.equal(spokenDate('2026-11-02', zone, new Date('2026-11-01T00:30:00-07:00')),
+    'tomorrow, Monday, November 2nd');
+  assert.equal(spokenDate('2027-01-01', zone, new Date('2026-12-31T23:30:00-08:00')),
+    'tomorrow, Friday, January 1st');
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/test/voice.test.ts b/apps/api/test/voice.test.ts
index fedc500..9f7b14c 100644
--- a/apps/api/test/voice.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/test/voice.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ test('shared HTTP demo: cancellation → offer → voice tool → calendar booki
     const started = await response.json();
     assert.equal(started.conversationToken, 'test-token');
     assert.equal(started.dynamicVariables.customer_name, 'Jordan Davis');
+    assert.match(started.dynamicVariables.date, /^(?:(?:today|tomorrow), )?Saturday, September 19th$/);
+    assert.equal(started.session.context.date, '2026-09-19', 'booking context keeps its ISO date');
     assert.match(started.session.managerBrief.disclosure, /Jordan Davis/);
     assert.match(started.session.managerBrief.offer, /45/);
     assert.equal((await post('voice/sessions')).status, 409, 'second tab cannot claim the same offer');