diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
index fc9b472f8..c474f6639 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     {
         $post = $this->getRequest()->getPost();
         $datatables = StoredFile::searchFilesForPlaylistBuilder($post);
+        
+        //format clip lengh to 1 decimal
+        foreach($datatables["aaData"] as &$data){
+            $sec = Playlist::playlistTimeToSeconds($data[5]);
+            $data[5] = Playlist::secondsToPlaylistTime($sec);
+        }
 
         die(json_encode($datatables));
     }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php
index 8ecdf64ce..1ddac319a 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ class Playlist {
     public static function secondsToPlaylistTime($p_seconds)
     {
         $seconds = $p_seconds;
-        $milliseconds = intval(($seconds - intval($seconds)) * 1000);
-        $milliStr = str_pad($milliseconds, 3, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
+        $rounded = round($seconds, 1);
+        list($dump, $milliStr) = explode('.', $rounded);
+        if($milliStr == NULL){
+            $milliStr = 0;
+        }
         $hours = floor($seconds / 3600);
         $seconds -= $hours * 3600;
         $minutes = floor($seconds / 60);
@@ -398,7 +401,10 @@ class Playlist {
         $offset = 0;
         foreach ($rows as $row) {
           $files[$i] = $row->toArray(BasePeer::TYPE_FIELDNAME, true, true);
-          $offset += Playlist::playlistTimeToSeconds($files[$i]['cliplength']);
+          // display only upto 1 decimal place by calling secondsToPlaylistTime
+          $clipSec = Playlist::playlistTimeToSeconds($files[$i]['cliplength']);
+          $files[$i]['cliplength'] = Playlist::secondsToPlaylistTime($clipSec);
+          $offset += $clipSec;
           $files[$i]['offset'] = Playlist::secondsToPlaylistTime($offset);
           $i++;
         }
@@ -413,7 +419,9 @@ class Playlist {
 
         if(is_null($res))
             return '00:00:00';
-
+        
+        $sec = Playlist::playlistTimeToSeconds($res);
+        $res = Playlist::secondsToPlaylistTime($sec); 
         return $res;
     }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/playlist/update.phtml b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/playlist/update.phtml
index a7cc9c5c9..e9a4c41d4 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/playlist/update.phtml
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/playlist/update.phtml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-<?php if (count($this->pl->getContents())) : ?>
+<?php
+$items = $this->pl->getContents();
+if (count($items)) : ?>
 
-<?php $i = 0; ?>
-<?php foreach($this->pl->getContents() as $item) : ?>
+<?php foreach($items as $item) : ?>
     <li class="ui-state-default" id="spl_<?php echo $i ?>">
         <div class="list-item-container">
             <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="big_play" 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
                 <span class="spl_artist"><?php echo $item["CcFiles"]['artist_name'] ?></span>
                 <span class="spl_offset"><?php echo $item["offset"]?></span>
             </div>
-            <?php if($i < count($this->pl->getContents()) -1): ?>
+            <?php if($i < count($items) -1): ?>
             <div id="fade_<?php echo $i ?>" class="spl_fade_control ui-state-default"></div>
             <?php endif; ?>
             <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-closethick"></span>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 
         <div id="cues_<?php echo $i ?>" class="cue-edit clearfix" style="display: none"></div>
 
-        <?php if($i < count($this->pl->getContents()) -1): ?>
+        <?php if($i < count($items) -1): ?>
         <div id="crossfade_<?php echo $i ?>-<?php echo $i+1 ?>" class="crossfade clearfix" style="display: none"></div>
         <?php endif; ?>