diff --git a/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/ScheduleForm.js b/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/ScheduleForm.js
index c29a927868dd..a0d171123101 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/ScheduleForm.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/ScheduleForm.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import ScheduleFormFields from './ScheduleFormFields';
 import UnsupportedScheduleForm from './UnsupportedScheduleForm';
 import parseRuleObj, { UnsupportedRRuleError } from './parseRuleObj';
 import buildRuleObj from './buildRuleObj';
+import buildRuleSet from './buildRuleSet';
 
 const NUM_DAYS_PER_FREQUENCY = {
   week: 7,
@@ -411,6 +412,26 @@ function ScheduleForm({
       }
     });
 
+    if (values.exceptionFrequency.length > 0) {
+      let rangeToCheck = 1;
+      values.frequency.forEach((freq) => {
+        if (NUM_DAYS_PER_FREQUENCY[freq] > rangeToCheck) {
+          rangeToCheck = NUM_DAYS_PER_FREQUENCY[freq];
+        }
+      });
+      const ruleSet = buildRuleSet(values, true);
+      const startDate = DateTime.fromISO(values.startDate);
+      const endDate = startDate.plus({ days: rangeToCheck });
+      const instances = ruleSet.between(
+        startDate.toJSDate(),
+        endDate.toJSDate(),
+        true
+      );
+      if (instances.length === 0) {
+        errors.exceptionFrequency = t`This schedule has no occurrences with the selected exceptions.`;
+      }
+    }
+
     return errors;
   };
 
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleObj.js b/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleObj.js
index 3fcba27240b2..c631ed959d18 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleObj.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleObj.js
@@ -36,11 +36,19 @@ function pad(num) {
   return num < 10 ? `0${num}` : num;
 }
 
-export default function buildRuleObj(values) {
+export default function buildRuleObj(values, includeStart) {
   const ruleObj = {
     interval: values.interval,
   };
 
+  if (includeStart) {
+    ruleObj.dtstart = buildDateTime(
+      values.startDate,
+      values.startTime,
+      values.timezone
+    );
+  }
+
   switch (values.frequency) {
     case 'none':
       ruleObj.count = 1;
@@ -91,16 +99,11 @@ export default function buildRuleObj(values) {
         ruleObj.count = values.occurrences;
         break;
       case 'onDate': {
-        const [endHour, endMinute] = parseTime(values.endTime);
-        const localEndDate = DateTime.fromISO(`${values.endDate}T000000`, {
-          zone: values.timezone,
-        });
-        const localEndTime = localEndDate.set({
-          hour: endHour,
-          minute: endMinute,
-          second: 0,
-        });
-        ruleObj.until = localEndTime.toJSDate();
+        ruleObj.until = buildDateTime(
+          values.endDate,
+          values.endTime,
+          values.timezone
+        );
         break;
       }
       default:
@@ -110,3 +113,16 @@ export default function buildRuleObj(values) {
 
   return ruleObj;
 }
+
+function buildDateTime(dateString, timeString, timezone) {
+  const localDate = DateTime.fromISO(`${dateString}T000000`, {
+    zone: timezone,
+  });
+  const [hour, minute] = parseTime(timeString);
+  const localTime = localDate.set({
+    hour,
+    minute,
+    second: 0,
+  });
+  return localTime.toJSDate();
+}
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleSet.js b/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleSet.js
index 0f8182bc01b6..0304b368874d 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleSet.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/components/Schedule/shared/buildRuleSet.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import buildRuleObj, { buildDtStartObj } from './buildRuleObj';
 window.RRuleSet = RRuleSet;
 
 const frequencies = ['minute', 'hour', 'day', 'week', 'month', 'year'];
-export default function buildRuleSet(values) {
+export default function buildRuleSet(values, includeStart) {
   const set = new RRuleSet();
 
   const startRule = buildDtStartObj({
@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ export default function buildRuleSet(values) {
   set.rrule(startRule);
 
   if (values.frequency.length === 0) {
-    const rule = buildRuleObj({
-      startDate: values.startDate,
-      startTime: values.startTime,
-      timezone: values.timezone,
-      frequency: 'none',
-      interval: 1,
-    });
+    const rule = buildRuleObj(
+      {
+        startDate: values.startDate,
+        startTime: values.startTime,
+        timezone: values.timezone,
+        frequency: 'none',
+        interval: 1,
+      },
+      includeStart
+    );
     set.rrule(new RRule(rule));
   }
 
@@ -29,13 +32,16 @@ export default function buildRuleSet(values) {
     if (!values.frequency.includes(frequency)) {
       return;
     }
-    const rule = buildRuleObj({
-      startDate: values.startDate,
-      startTime: values.startTime,
-      timezone: values.timezone,
-      frequency,
-      ...values.frequencyOptions[frequency],
-    });
+    const rule = buildRuleObj(
+      {
+        startDate: values.startDate,
+        startTime: values.startTime,
+        timezone: values.timezone,
+        frequency,
+        ...values.frequencyOptions[frequency],
+      },
+      includeStart
+    );
     set.rrule(new RRule(rule));
   });
 
@@ -43,13 +49,16 @@ export default function buildRuleSet(values) {
     if (!values.exceptionFrequency?.includes(frequency)) {
       return;
     }
-    const rule = buildRuleObj({
-      startDate: values.startDate,
-      startTime: values.startTime,
-      timezone: values.timezone,
-      frequency,
-      ...values.exceptionOptions[frequency],
-    });
+    const rule = buildRuleObj(
+      {
+        startDate: values.startDate,
+        startTime: values.startTime,
+        timezone: values.timezone,
+        frequency,
+        ...values.exceptionOptions[frequency],
+      },
+      includeStart
+    );
     set.exrule(new RRule(rule));
   });