diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 6680d1c4..a009605f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9641,7 +9641,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - No longer switching devices for pattern timers (thanks to Helmut Binder).
 - cTimer::TriggerRespawn() now only acts on local timers.
 
-2021-04-17:
+2021-04-18:
 
 - When spawning pattern timers, the new function cTimers::GetTimerForEvent() is now used
   to check whether a matching event already has a local spawned timer. Reason: creating a timer
@@ -9658,3 +9658,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   the full margins.
 - Fixed the timer indicator in the Schedule menu in case an event is already over, but the
   timer is still recording.
+- The new functions cTimer::Start/StopTimeEvent() are now used in the LCARS skin to display
+  the start/stop times of timers in the main menu.
diff --git a/skinlcars.c b/skinlcars.c
index 36d561f7..190839fc 100644
--- a/skinlcars.c
+++ b/skinlcars.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skinlcars.c 5.1 2020/12/26 15:49:01 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skinlcars.c 5.2 2021/04/18 14:56:40 kls Exp $
  */
 
 // "Star Trek: The Next Generation"(R) is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures,
@@ -1213,14 +1213,15 @@ void cSkinLCARSDisplayMenu::DrawTimer(const cTimer *Timer, int y, bool MultiRec)
   osd->DrawRectangle(xs00, y, xs03 - 1, y + lineHeight - 1, ColorBg);
   cString Date;
   if (Timer->Recording())
-     Date = cString::sprintf("-%s", *TimeString(Timer->StopTime()));
+     Date = cString::sprintf("-%s", *TimeString(Timer->StopTimeEvent()));
   else {
      time_t Now = time(NULL);
+     time_t StartTime = Timer->StartTimeEvent();
      cString Today = WeekDayName(Now);
-     cString Time = TimeString(Timer->StartTime());
-     cString Day = WeekDayName(Timer->StartTime());
-     if (Timer->StartTime() > Now + 6 * SECSINDAY)
-        Date = DayDateTime(Timer->StartTime());
+     cString Time = TimeString(StartTime);
+     cString Day = WeekDayName(StartTime);
+     if (StartTime > Now + 6 * SECSINDAY)
+        Date = DayDateTime(StartTime);
      else if (strcmp(Day, Today) != 0)
         Date = cString::sprintf("%s %s", *Day, *Time);
      else
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index a3931d3a..fed6d88d 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 5.13 2021/04/16 16:26:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 5.14 2021/04/18 14:56:40 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -713,6 +713,28 @@ time_t cTimer::StopTime(void) const
   return stopTime;
 }
 
+time_t cTimer::StartTimeEvent(void) const
+{
+  if (event) {
+     if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event->Vps())
+        return event->StartTime();
+     else if (HasFlags(tfSpawned))
+        return event->StartTime() - Setup.MarginStart * 60;
+     }
+  return StartTime();
+}
+
+time_t cTimer::StopTimeEvent(void) const
+{
+  if (event) {
+     if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event->Vps())
+        return event->EndTime();
+     else if (HasFlags(tfSpawned))
+        return event->EndTime() + Setup.MarginStop * 60;
+     }
+  return StopTime();
+}
+
 #define EPGLIMITBEFORE   (1 * 3600) // Time in seconds before a timer's start time and
 #define EPGLIMITAFTER    (1 * 3600) // after its stop time within which EPG events will be taken into consideration.
 
diff --git a/timers.h b/timers.h
index fea94aec..cffd5d09 100644
--- a/timers.h
+++ b/timers.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.h 5.6 2021/04/13 13:54:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.h 5.7 2021/04/18 14:56:40 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TIMERS_H
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class cTimer : public cListObject {
   friend class cMenuEditTimer;
 private:
   int id;
-  mutable time_t startTime, stopTime;
+  mutable time_t startTime, stopTime; ///< the time_t value calculated from 'day', 'start' and 'stop'
   int scheduleStateSet;
   int scheduleStateSpawn;
   int scheduleStateAdjust;
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ private:
   const cChannel *channel;
   mutable time_t day; ///< midnight of the day this timer shall hit, or of the first day it shall hit in case of a repeating timer
   int weekdays;       ///< bitmask, lowest bits: SSFTWTM  (the 'M' is the LSB)
-  int start;
-  int stop;
+  int start;          ///< the start and stop time of this timer as given by the user,
+  int stop;           ///< in the form hhmm, with hh (00..23) and mm (00..59) added as hh*100+mm
   int priority;
   int lifetime;
   mutable char pattern[NAME_MAX * 2 + 1]; // same size as 'file', to be able to initially fill 'pattern' with 'file' in the 'Edit timer' menu
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ public:
   bool Matches(time_t t = 0, bool Directly = false, int Margin = 0) const;
   eTimerMatch Matches(const cEvent *Event, int *Overlap = NULL) const;
   bool Expired(void) const;
-  time_t StartTime(void) const;
-  time_t StopTime(void) const;
+  time_t StartTime(void) const; ///< the start time as given by the user
+  time_t StopTime(void) const; ///< the stop time as given by the user
+  time_t StartTimeEvent(void) const; ///< the start/stop times as given by the event (for VPS timers), by event plus margins (for spawned non-VPS timers),
+  time_t StopTimeEvent(void) const; ///< or by the user (for normal timers)
   void SetId(int Id);
   cTimer *SpawnPatternTimer(const cEvent *Event, cTimers *Timers);
   bool SpawnPatternTimers(const cSchedules *Schedules, cTimers *Timers);