diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog b/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
index 82c5bfe13..8ba8a3f91 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2011-03-22  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* iCalEvent.m (-firstRecurrenceStartDate): new method that makes
+	use of the new one below.
+
+	* iCalRepeatableEntityObject.m
+	(-firstRecurrenceStartDateWithEndDate:): new method that returns
+	the first occurrence of a recurring entity.
+
 	* iCalByDayMask.m (-occursOnDay:withWeekOccurrence:): fixed method
 	to return true only when it is valid to do so...
 	(-weekDayOccurrences): new method that returns a reference to the
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.h b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.h
index 0dabe1806..4383a8d9f 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.h
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 - (NSCalendarDate *) endDate;
 - (BOOL) hasEndDate;
 
-- (void) setDuration: (NSString *) _value;
 - (NSString *) duration;
 - (BOOL) hasDuration;
 - (NSTimeInterval) durationAsTimeInterval;
@@ -74,6 +73,8 @@
 
 - (id) propertyValue: (NSString *) property;
 
+- (NSCalendarDate *) firstRecurrenceStartDate;
+
 @end 
 
 #endif /* __NGCards_iCalEvent_H__ */
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.m b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.m
index 3afe3b071..be80b3766 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.m
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalEvent.m
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #import "iCalEventChanges.h"
 #import "iCalDateTime.h"
+#import "iCalRecurrenceRule.h"
+#import "iCalRecurrenceCalculator.h"
 
 #import "iCalEvent.h"
 
@@ -288,4 +290,10 @@
   return [self performSelector: NSSelectorFromString (method)];
 }
 
+- (NSCalendarDate *) firstRecurrenceStartDate
+{
+  return [self firstRecurrenceStartDateWithEndDate: [self endDate]];
+}
+
+
 @end /* iCalEvent */
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.h b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.h
index 4e4e577b8..c1d5bae02 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.h
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 /* this is the outmost bound possible, not necessarily the real last date */
 - (NSCalendarDate *)lastPossibleRecurrenceStartDateUsingFirstInstanceCalendarDateRange:(NGCalendarDateRange *)_r;
 
+- (NSCalendarDate *) firstRecurrenceStartDateWithEndDate: (NSCalendarDate *) endDate;
+
 @end
 
 #endif	/* __NGCards_iCalRepeatableEntityObject_H_ */
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.m b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.m
index 35fd63394..fab9c379f 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.m
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/iCalRepeatableEntityObject.m
@@ -259,4 +259,74 @@ lastPossibleRecurrenceStartDateUsingFirstInstanceCalendarDateRange: (NGCalendarD
   return date;
 }
 
+- (NSCalendarDate *) firstRecurrenceStartDateWithEndDate: (NSCalendarDate *) endDate
+{
+  NSCalendarDate *startDate, *firstOccurrenceStartDate, *endOfFirstRange;
+  NGCalendarDateRange *range, *firstInstanceRange;
+  iCalRecurrenceFrequency frequency;
+  iCalRecurrenceRule *rule;
+  NSArray *rules, *recurrences;
+  uint32_t units;
+
+  firstOccurrenceStartDate = nil;
+
+  rules = [self recurrenceRules];
+  if ([rules count] > 0)
+    {
+      rule = [rules objectAtIndex: 0];
+      frequency = [rule frequency];
+      units = [rule repeatInterval];
+
+      startDate = [self startDate];
+      switch (frequency)
+        {
+          /* second-based units */
+        case iCalRecurrenceFrequenceWeekly:
+          units *= 7;
+        case iCalRecurrenceFrequenceDaily:
+          units *= 24;
+        case iCalRecurrenceFrequenceHourly:
+          units *= 60;
+        case iCalRecurrenceFrequenceMinutely:
+          units *= 60;
+        case iCalRecurrenceFrequenceSecondly:
+          endOfFirstRange = [startDate dateByAddingYears: 0 months: 0 days: 0
+                                                   hours: 0 minutes: 0
+                                                 seconds: units];
+          break;
+
+          /* month-based units */
+        case iCalRecurrenceFrequenceYearly:
+          units *= 12;
+        case iCalRecurrenceFrequenceMonthly:
+          endOfFirstRange = [startDate dateByAddingYears: 0 months: (units + 1)
+                                                    days: 0
+                                                   hours: 0 minutes: 0
+                                                 seconds: 0];
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          endOfFirstRange = nil;
+        }
+
+      if (endOfFirstRange)
+        {
+          range = [NGCalendarDateRange calendarDateRangeWithStartDate: startDate
+                                                              endDate: endOfFirstRange];
+          firstInstanceRange = [NGCalendarDateRange calendarDateRangeWithStartDate: startDate
+                                                                           endDate: endDate];
+          recurrences = [iCalRecurrenceCalculator recurrenceRangesWithinCalendarDateRange: range
+                                                           firstInstanceCalendarDateRange: firstInstanceRange
+                                                                          recurrenceRules: rules
+                                                                           exceptionRules: nil
+                                                                           exceptionDates: nil];
+          if ([recurrences count] > 0)
+            firstOccurrenceStartDate = [[recurrences objectAtIndex: 0]
+                                         startDate];
+        }
+    }
+
+  return firstOccurrenceStartDate;
+}
+
 @end