diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/helpers.js b/packages/bbui/src/helpers.js
index 4448527fea..78bd14fe13 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/helpers.js
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/helpers.js
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ export const stringifyDate = (
     const day = `${value.date()}`.padStart(2, "0")
     return `${year}-${month}-${day}T00:00:00.000`
   }
+
+  // Otherwise use a normal ISO string with time and timezone
+  else {
+    return value.toISOString()
+  }
 }
 
 // Formats a dayjs date according to schema flags
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte
index ed742530ba..51b520a4ea 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/HeaderCell.svelte
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
   }
 
   const onMouseDown = e => {
+    ui.actions.blur()
     if ((e.touches?.length || e.button === 0) && orderable) {
       timeout = setTimeout(() => {
         reorder.actions.startReordering(column.name, e)
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/NewColumnButton.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/NewColumnButton.svelte
index 3e2a3cf128..84d45dc3ed 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/NewColumnButton.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/layout/NewColumnButton.svelte
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
   import { Icon } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import GridPopover from "../overlays/GridPopover.svelte"
 
-  const { visibleColumns, scroll, width, subscribe } = getContext("grid")
+  const { visibleColumns, scroll, width, subscribe, ui } = getContext("grid")
 
   let anchor
-  let open = false
+  let isOpen = false
 
   $: columnsWidth = $visibleColumns.reduce(
     (total, col) => (total += col.width),
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@
   $: end = columnsWidth - 1 - $scroll.left
   $: left = Math.min($width - 40, end)
 
+  const open = () => {
+    ui.actions.blur()
+    isOpen = true
+  }
+
   const close = () => {
-    open = false
+    isOpen = false
   }
 
   onMount(() => subscribe("close-edit-column", close))
@@ -29,11 +34,11 @@
   bind:this={anchor}
   class="add"
   style="left:{left}px"
-  on:click={() => (open = true)}
+  on:click={open}
 >
   <Icon name="Add" />
 </div>
-{#if open}
+{#if isOpen}
   <GridPopover
     {anchor}
     align={$visibleColumns.length ? "right" : "left"}
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/stores/reorder.js b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/stores/reorder.js
index c4a5119b6d..b3abbbabf3 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/stores/reorder.js
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/stores/reorder.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export const createActions = context => {
     scroll,
     bounds,
     stickyColumn,
-    ui,
     maxScrollLeft,
     width,
   } = context
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ export const createActions = context => {
     const $visibleColumns = get(visibleColumns)
     const $bounds = get(bounds)
     const $stickyColumn = get(stickyColumn)
-    ui.actions.blur()
 
     // Generate new breakpoints for the current columns
     let breakpoints = $visibleColumns.map(col => ({