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RCS file: ./RCS/timers.c
retrieving revision 2.7
diff -u -b -r2.7 ./timers.c
--- ./timers.c	2012/02/20 15:51:55	2.7
+++ ./timers.c	2012/02/26 16:09:30
@@ -433,8 +433,12 @@
         if (Margin || !Directly) {
            startTime = event->StartTime();
            stopTime = event->EndTime();
-           if (!Margin)
+           if (!Margin) { // this is an actual check
+              if (event->Schedule()->PresentSeenWithin(Setup.VpsMargin / 2)) // VPS control can only work with up-to-date events...
               return event->IsRunning(true);
+              else
+                 return startTime <= t && t < stopTime; // ...otherwise we fall back to normal timer handling
+              }
            }
         }
      return startTime <= t + Margin && t < stopTime; // must stop *before* stopTime to allow adjacent timers