diff --git a/local/lib/org-x/org-x.el b/local/lib/org-x/org-x.el
index 750eb75..e512eb5 100644
--- a/local/lib/org-x/org-x.el
+++ b/local/lib/org-x/org-x.el
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ Each member in the cons cell is a timestamp-plist."
         ;; unless specified manually
         (-let* ((tz (current-time-zone))
                 (start-time* (if (org-ml-time-is-long start-time) start-time
-                               `(,@start-time 0 0)))
+                               `(,@(-take 3 start-time) 0 0)))
                 ((y m d H M) start-time*)
                 (start-epoch (encode-float-time `(0 ,M ,H ,d ,m ,y nil nil ,tz)))
                 (end-epoch (+ start-epoch range))
@@ -1391,14 +1391,14 @@ Each member in the cons cell is a timestamp-plist."
   "Return t if total time of timestamp-plists in TSPS exceeds 24 hours.
 It is assumed the TSPS represents tasks and appointments within one
 day."
-  (<= 86400 (-sum (--map (plist-get tsp :range) tsps))))
+  (<= 86400 (-sum (--map (plist-get it :range) tsps))))
 
-(defun org-x-cluster-get-overloads ()
+(defun org-x-cluster-get-overloads* (tsps)
   "Return list of lists of timestamp-plists grouped by day.
 Anything present represents all the tasks in a single day if that day
 is overloaded. If a day is not overloaded there will be nothing for it
 in the returned list."
-  (->> (org-x-cluster-get-unprocessed)
+  (->> tsps
     (--filter (< 0 (plist-get it :range)))
     (-mapcat #'org-x-cluster-split-tsp-maybe)
     (org-x-cluster-append-unixtime)
@@ -1407,6 +1407,14 @@ in the returned list."
     (org-x-cluster-daily-split)
     (--filter (org-x-cluster-overloaded-p it))))
 
+(defun org-x-cluster-get-overloads ()
+  "Return list of lists of timestamp-plists grouped by day.
+Anything present represents all the tasks in a single day if that day
+is overloaded. If a day is not overloaded there will be nothing for it
+in the returned list."
+  (->> (org-x-cluster-get-unprocessed)
+    (org-x-cluster-get-overloads*)))
+
 ;; conflict/overload frontend
 
 ;; I could just fetch the org headings and throw them into a new buffer. But
diff --git a/local/lib/org-x/test/org-x-test-buffer-state.el b/local/lib/org-x/test/org-x-test-buffer-state.el
index 06b2f61..1f4ac6c 100644
--- a/local/lib/org-x/test/org-x-test-buffer-state.el
+++ b/local/lib/org-x/test/org-x-test-buffer-state.el
@@ -516,6 +516,88 @@ Forms are denoted like %(FORM)%."
          ((:start-time (2022 1 1 12 5) :range 900 :offset 79 :filepath "fp")
           (:start-time (2022 1 1 12 10) :range 900 :offset 157 :filepath "fp"))))
 
+(org-x--test-buffer-strings "Overloads"
+    (->> (org-x-cluster-extract-buffer "fp")
+      (org-x-cluster-get-overloads*)
+      ;; drop the :unixtime key from the front to make testing easier
+      (--map (--map (-drop 2 it) it)))
+
+  ;; this assumes the TODO vs active ts parsing works as expected
+  "no timestamps"
+  ("* TODO one"
+   "* TODO two")
+  => nil
+
+  "not overloaded"
+  ("* TODO one"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 0:15"
+   ":END:"
+   "* TODO two"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 0:15"
+   ":END:")
+  => nil
+
+  "overloaded (exactly 24 hours)"
+  ("* TODO one"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 12h"
+   ":END:"
+   "* TODO two"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 12h"
+   ":END:")
+  => '(((:start-time (2022 1 1 0 0) :range 43200 :offset 1 :filepath "fp")
+        (:start-time (2022 1 1 0 0) :range 43200 :offset 78 :filepath "fp")))
+
+  "overloaded (over 24 hours)"
+  ("* TODO one"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 12h"
+   ":END:"
+   "* TODO two"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 13h"
+   ":END:")
+  => '(((:start-time (2022 1 1 0 0) :range 43200 :offset 1 :filepath "fp")
+        (:start-time (2022 1 1 0 0) :range 46800 :offset 78 :filepath "fp")))
+
+  "overloaded (over 24 hours and split)"
+  ("* TODO one"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 12h"
+   ":END:"
+   "* TODO two"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 25h"
+   ":END:")
+  => '(((:start-time (2022 1 1 0 0) :range 43200 :offset 1 :filepath "fp")
+        (:start-time (2022 1 1 0 0) :range 86400 :offset 78 :filepath "fp")))
+
+  "overloaded (over 48 hours)"
+  ("* TODO one"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 00:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 12h"
+   ":END:"
+   "* TODO two"
+   "SCHEDULED: [2022-01-01 Tue 12:00]"
+   ":PROPERTIES:"
+   ":Effort: 36h"
+   ":END:")
+  => '(((:start-time (2022 1 1 0 0) :range 43200 :offset 1 :filepath "fp")
+        (:start-time (2022 1 1 12 0) :range 43200 :offset 78 :filepath "fp"))
+       ((:start-time (2022 1 2 0 0) :range 86400 :offset 78 :filepath "fp"))))
+
 (defmacro org-x--test-time-splitter-specs (&rest specs)
   (declare (indent 0))
   ;; 3 args for clarity, currently does nothing functional