--- sites/all/modules/event/event.module.orig	2010-01-28 09:01:02.000000000 -0800
+++ sites/all/modules/event/event.module	2010-01-28 09:11:24.000000000 -0800
@@ -1495,13 +1495,13 @@
   $form[$prefix .'_hour'] = array(
     '#prefix' => '</div><div class="time">&#8212;',
     '#type' => 'select',
-    '#default_value' => _event_date($hour_format, $timestamp, $offset),
+    '#default_value' => (int) _event_date($hour_format, $timestamp, $offset),
     '#options' => $hours,
     '#required' => TRUE);
   $form[$prefix .'_minute'] = array(
     '#prefix' => ':',
     '#type' => 'select',
-    '#default_value' => _event_date('i', $timestamp, $offset),
+    '#default_value' => (int) _event_date('i', $timestamp, $offset),
     '#options' => $minutes,
     '#required' => TRUE);
   if (isset($am_pms)) {