3 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 322bafa..c55937d 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -2275,18 +2275,18 @@ xs_html *html_entry(snac *user, xs_dict *msg, int read_only,
     if (strcmp(type, "Event") == 0) { /** Event start and end times **/
         const char *s_time = xs_dict_get(msg, "startTime");
 
-        if (xs_type(s_time) == XSTYPE_STRING) {
+        if (xs_is_string(s_time) && strlen(s_time) > 20) {
             const char *e_time = xs_dict_get(msg, "endTime");
             const char *tz     = xs_dict_get(msg, "timezone");
 
             xs *s = xs_replace_i(xs_dup(s_time), "T", " ");
             xs *e = NULL;
 
-            if (xs_type(e_time) == XSTYPE_STRING)
+            if (xs_is_string(e_time) && strlen(e_time) > 20)
                 e = xs_replace_i(xs_dup(e_time), "T", " ");
 
             /* if the event has a timezone, crop the offsets */
-            if (xs_type(tz) == XSTYPE_STRING) {
+            if (xs_is_string(tz)) {
                 s = xs_crop_i(s, 0, 19);
 
                 if (e)
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ xs_html *html_entry(snac *user, xs_dict *msg, int read_only,
 
             /* if start and end share the same day, crop it from the end */
             if (e && memcmp(s, e, 11) == 0)
-                e = xs_crop_i(e, 11, strlen(e));
+                e = xs_crop_i(e, 11, 0);
 
             if (e)
                 s = xs_str_cat(s, " / ", e);
diff --git a/xs.h b/xs.h
index 45952c9..05d84f5 100644
--- a/xs.h
+++ b/xs.h
@@ -626,15 +626,14 @@ int xs_between(const char *prefix, const char *str, const char *suffix)
 xs_str *xs_crop_i(xs_str *str, int start, int end)
 /* crops the string to be only from start to end */
 {
-    XS_ASSERT_TYPE(str, XSTYPE_STRING);
-
     int sz = strlen(str);
 
     if (end <= 0)
         end = sz + end;
 
     /* crop from the top */
-    str[end] = '\0';
+    if (end > 0 && end < sz)
+        str[end] = '\0';
 
     /* crop from the bottom */
     str = xs_collapse(str, 0, start);
diff --git a/xs_version.h b/xs_version.h
index ce3d06b..12f713a 100644
--- a/xs_version.h
+++ b/xs_version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/* cebb5663f26bc91b80c787525f5953b97839e0f7 2025-01-12T14:57:12+01:00 */
+/* b865e89769aedfdbc61251e94451e9d37579f52e 2025-01-12T16:17:47+01:00 */