diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e3190d66..7467919c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -17647,3 +17647,6 @@
 	fixed a regression where the 'Stop' button would fail to function
 	after enabling a pointer counter in rdlibrary(1)'s Edit Audio
 	dialog [GibHub PR #000239].
+2018-10-01 Patrick Linstruth <patrick@deltecent.com>
+	*  Fixed a regression in RDTimeEdit where highlighted background was not
+	displaying properly.
diff --git a/lib/rdevent_line.cpp b/lib/rdevent_line.cpp
index c3d2e3d3..8423c541 100644
--- a/lib/rdevent_line.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdevent_line.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void RDEventLine::clear()
    event_color=QColor();
    event_preimport_list->clear();
    event_postimport_list->clear();
-   event_start_time=QTime();
+   event_start_time=QTime(0,0,0,0);
    event_length=0;
    event_autofill_slop=-1;
    event_sched_group="";
diff --git a/lib/rdtimeedit.cpp b/lib/rdtimeedit.cpp
index 952fd22a..a7368e53 100644
--- a/lib/rdtimeedit.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdtimeedit.cpp
@@ -47,12 +47,16 @@ RDTimeEdit::RDTimeEdit(QWidget *parent)
   setPalette(p);
   edit_labels[0]=new QLabel("00",this);
   edit_labels[0]->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
+  edit_labels[0]->setAutoFillBackground(true);
   edit_labels[1]=new QLabel("00",this);
   edit_labels[1]->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
+  edit_labels[1]->setAutoFillBackground(true);
   edit_labels[2]=new QLabel("00",this);
   edit_labels[2]->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
+  edit_labels[2]->setAutoFillBackground(true);
   edit_labels[3]=new QLabel("0",this);
   edit_labels[3]->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
+  edit_labels[3]->setAutoFillBackground(true);
   edit_sep_labels[0]=new QLabel(":",this);
   edit_sep_labels[0]->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
   edit_sep_labels[1]=new QLabel(":",this);