Do I get a faulty EDL when exporting from FCP?

I must create an EDL for a final DI to be made from film negative. When I export an EDL the Source Time Code In of each clip reads the same as the first frame in the clip, then the Source Time Code Out of each clip reads on frame higher than the last frame in that clip. E.g. if one clip ends on a frame with the timecode 02:00:15:01, the EDL out point reads 02:00:15:02.
Is this wrong? and if so does anybody know what the promblem could be?
the film is shot on 25 frames per second and the telecined to Pal dv tapes that run 25 frames per second, so that should not be a problem.

No, that's not a problem, it's just a difference in the way FCP reports timecode numbers and the way EDLs expect timecode to be.

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