diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog b/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
index 3263427f1..d789a1376 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-06-30  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
+
+	* iCalFreeBusy.m ([iCalFreeBusy
+	-fillStartDate:startDateandEndDate:endDate]): new method created
+	to avoid enlarging the code.
+
 2008-04-02  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
 	* iCalRecurrenceCalculator.m ([iCalRecurrenceCalculator
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.h b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.h
index 8e744025f..d5ac71275 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.h
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ typedef enum iCalFreeBusyType
 - (NSCalendarDate *) endDate;
 - (BOOL) hasEndDate;
 
+- (void) fillStartDate: (NSCalendarDate **) startDate
+	    andEndDate: (NSCalendarDate **) endDate;
+
 - (void) addFreeBusyFrom: (NSCalendarDate *) start
                       to: (NSCalendarDate *) end
                     type: (iCalFreeBusyType) type;
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.m b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.m
index 17fd8e41d..74b25a2c1 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.m
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalFreeBusy.m
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@
   return ([[self childrenWithTag: @"dtend"] count] > 0);
 }
 
+- (void) fillStartDate: (NSCalendarDate **) startDate
+	    andEndDate: (NSCalendarDate **) endDate
+{
+  if ([self hasStartDate])
+    *startDate = [self startDate];
+  else
+    *startDate = nil;
+
+  if ([self hasEndDate])
+    *endDate = [self endDate];
+  else
+    *endDate = nil;
+}
+
 - (NSString *) _freeBusyTypeString: (iCalFreeBusyType) type
 {
   NSString *typeString;