diff --git a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
index 0b8c4f798..330192bf0 100644
--- a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
@@ -478,12 +478,12 @@ bool readEventsFromXMLTV(std::string &epgname, int &ev_count)
 		strptime(start, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S %z", &starttime);
 		strptime(stop, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S %z", &stoptime);
 		time_t start_time = mktime(&starttime) + starttime.tm_gmtoff;
- 		time_t duration = mktime(&stoptime) + starttime.tm_gmtoff - start_time;
+ 		time_t duration = mktime(&stoptime) + stoptime.tm_gmtoff - start_time;
 
 		t_channel_id epgid = 0;
 		time_t current_time;
 		time(&current_time);
-		time_t time_diff = current_time - (start_time + duration);
+		double time_diff = difftime(current_time, start_time + duration);
 
 		// just loads events if they end is in the future
 		if (time_diff < 0)