diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php b/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php
index 8ad1e438b..cc02544cd 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/common/DateHelper.php
@@ -417,16 +417,5 @@ class Application_Common_DateHelper
     
         return $res;
     }
-
-    /* Returns a string of seconds converted into 'H:i:s.t' format
-     * 
-     */
-    public static function convertSecondsToTimeFormat($p_seconds)
-    {
-        $time = explode('.', $p_seconds);
-        $seconds = $time[0];
-        $milliseconds = $time[1];
-        return sprintf("%02d%s%02d%s%02d%s%d", floor($seconds/3600), ':', ($seconds/60)%60, ':', $seconds%60, '.', $milliseconds);
-    }
 }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php
index bac2618bd..2530eb7bf 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ class Application_Model_Scheduler
 
                     // default fades are in seconds
                     // we need to convert to '00:00:00' format
-                    $file['fadein'] = Application_Common_DateHelper::convertSecondsToTimeFormat($file['fadein']);
-                    $file['fadeout'] = Application_Common_DateHelper::convertSecondsToTimeFormat($file['fadeout']);
+                    $file['fadein'] = Application_Common_DateHelper::secondsToPlaylistTime($file['fadein']);
+                    $file['fadeout'] = Application_Common_DateHelper::secondsToPlaylistTime($file['fadeout']);
                     
                     $sched->setDbStarts($nextStartDT)
                         ->setDbEnds($endTimeDT)