diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index dfb29656..cb8e7595 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4443,3 +4443,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated the Russian OSD texts (thanks to Oleg Roitburd).
 - Made cMenuRecordings::GetRecording() 'protected' (suggested by Marius Heidenstecker).
 - Speeded up cRemux::ScanVideoPacket() (thanks to Reinhard Nissl).
+- Enhanced logging EPG event data.
diff --git a/epg.c b/epg.c
index 15a2b0b0..9141f437 100644
--- a/epg.c
+++ b/epg.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Original version (as used in VDR before 1.3.0) written by
  * Robert Schneider <Robert.Schneider@web.de> and Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>.
  *
- * $Id: epg.c 1.66 2006/03/25 11:43:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: epg.c 1.67 2006/03/25 12:48:34 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "epg.h"
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void cEvent::SetVersion(uchar Version)
 void cEvent::SetRunningStatus(int RunningStatus, cChannel *Channel)
 {
   if (Channel && runningStatus != RunningStatus && (RunningStatus > SI::RunningStatusNotRunning || runningStatus > SI::RunningStatusUndefined) && Channel->HasTimer())
-     isyslog("channel %d (%s) event %s '%s' status %d", Channel->Number(), Channel->Name(), *GetTimeString(), Title(), RunningStatus);
+     isyslog("channel %d (%s) event %s status %d", Channel->Number(), Channel->Name(), *ToDescr(), RunningStatus);
   runningStatus = RunningStatus;
 }
 
@@ -208,6 +208,14 @@ void cEvent::SetSeen(void)
   seen = time(NULL);
 }
 
+cString cEvent::ToDescr(void) const
+{
+  char vpsbuf[64] = "";
+  if (Vps())
+     sprintf(vpsbuf, "(VPS: %s) ", *GetVpsString());
+  return cString::sprintf("%s %s-%s %s'%s'", *GetDateString(), *GetTimeString(), *GetEndTimeString(), vpsbuf, Title());
+}
+
 bool cEvent::HasTimer(void) const
 {
   for (cTimer *t = Timers.First(); t; t = Timers.Next(t)) {
diff --git a/epg.h b/epg.h
index 1def6176..a937ff7d 100644
--- a/epg.h
+++ b/epg.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Original version (as used in VDR before 1.3.0) written by
  * Robert Schneider <Robert.Schneider@web.de> and Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>.
  *
- * $Id: epg.h 1.33 2006/02/26 13:58:57 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: epg.h 1.34 2006/03/25 12:39:39 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __EPG_H
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public:
   void SetDuration(int Duration);
   void SetVps(time_t Vps);
   void SetSeen(void);
+  cString ToDescr(void) const;
   void Dump(FILE *f, const char *Prefix = "", bool InfoOnly = false) const;
   bool Parse(char *s);
   static bool Read(FILE *f, cSchedule *Schedule);
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 93f52f35..6190c15a 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 1.53 2006/03/25 11:41:24 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 1.54 2006/03/25 12:43:59 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -492,12 +492,8 @@ void cTimer::SetEventFromSchedule(const cSchedules *Schedules)
 void cTimer::SetEvent(const cEvent *Event)
 {
   if (event != Event) { //XXX TODO check event data, too???
-     if (Event) {
-        char vpsbuf[64] = "";
-        if (Event->Vps())
-           sprintf(vpsbuf, "(VPS: %s) ", *Event->GetVpsString());
-        isyslog("timer %s set to event %s %s-%s %s'%s'", *ToDescr(), *Event->GetDateString(), *Event->GetTimeString(), *Event->GetEndTimeString(), vpsbuf, Event->Title());
-        }
+     if (Event)
+        isyslog("timer %s set to event %s", *ToDescr(), *Event->ToDescr());
      else
         isyslog("timer %s set to no event", *ToDescr());
      event = Event;