diff --git a/application/default/controllers/DataController.php b/application/default/controllers/DataController.php
index 63b4ec95..811f3d33 100755
--- a/application/default/controllers/DataController.php
+++ b/application/default/controllers/DataController.php
@@ -275,8 +275,12 @@ class DataController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     	$timexml='<data>';
     	foreach($rows as $row) {
     		$timexml.='<event start="'.date($dateformat,strtotime($row['timebegin'])).'" ';
-    		if ($row['timeend']!='') $timexml.=' end="'.date($dateformat,strtotime($row['timeend'])).'" ';    		
-    		$timexml.= ' title="'.$row['title'].'" image="/images/westdc_40w.gif" link="/data/'.$row['uuid'].'">'.htmlspecialchars($row['description']).'</event>';
+    		if ($row['timeend']!='') $timexml.=' end="'.date($dateformat,strtotime($row['timeend'])).'" isDuration="true"';    		
+    		$timexml.= ' title="'.$row['title'].'" image="/images/westdc_40w.gif" link="/data/'.$row['uuid'].'">';
+    		$desc_length=mb_strlen($row['description'],"UTF-8");
+    		$desc=mb_substr($row['description'],0,($desc_length>300)?300:$desc_length,"UTF-8");
+    		if ($desc_length>300) $desc.=" ...";
+    		$timexml.=htmlspecialchars($desc).'</event>';
     	}    		
     	$timexml.='</data>';
     	$fp=fopen('time.xml','w');