diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts
index 71f86b2a..d7bc0f1f 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-photo.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { tl } from '@mtcute/tl'
 import { TelegramClient } from '../../client'
 import { normalizeToInputPeer } from '../../utils/peer-utils'
-import { randomUlong } from '../../utils/misc-utils'
+import { normalizeDate, randomUlong } from '../../utils/misc-utils'
 
 /**
  * Send a single photo
@@ -139,13 +139,7 @@ export async function sendPhoto(
                 : params.replyTo.id
             : undefined,
         randomId: randomUlong(),
-        scheduleDate: params.schedule
-            ? ~~(
-                  (typeof params.schedule === 'number'
-                      ? params.schedule
-                      : params.schedule.getTime()) / 1000
-              )
-            : undefined,
+        scheduleDate: normalizeDate(params.schedule),
         replyMarkup,
         message,
         entities,
diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-text.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-text.ts
index ba295101..b0076e4f 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-text.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-text.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { TelegramClient } from '../../client'
 import { tl } from '@mtcute/tl'
 import { inputPeerToPeer, normalizeToInputPeer } from '../../utils/peer-utils'
-import { randomUlong } from '../../utils/misc-utils'
+import { normalizeDate, randomUlong } from '../../utils/misc-utils'
 import {
     InputPeerLike,
     Message,
@@ -89,13 +89,7 @@ export async function sendText(
                 : params.replyTo.id
             : undefined,
         randomId: randomUlong(),
-        scheduleDate: params.schedule
-            ? ~~(
-                  (typeof params.schedule === 'number'
-                      ? params.schedule
-                      : params.schedule.getTime()) / 1000
-              )
-            : undefined,
+        scheduleDate: normalizeDate(params.schedule),
         replyMarkup,
         message,
         entities,
diff --git a/packages/client/src/utils/misc-utils.ts b/packages/client/src/utils/misc-utils.ts
index ddb3bbd4..60fe9474 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/utils/misc-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/utils/misc-utils.ts
@@ -35,3 +35,11 @@ export function extractChannelIdFromUpdate(
         ? upd.message.peerId.channelId
         : undefined
 }
+
+export function normalizeDate(
+    date: Date | number | undefined
+): number | undefined {
+    return date
+        ? ~~((typeof date === 'number' ? date : date.getTime()) / 1000)
+        : undefined
+}