ICal alarm, "hours before" limited to 15?

It seems that if I want to add an alarm to an event in iCal, and I select "hours before", the max value I can enter is "15". This is a really annoying bug. I have a recurring event where I need an alert 23 hours prior, and it seems silly to enter two events.
Any way to work around it?
Thanks.

Gah. I'm using Snow leopard, not 10.4.9. I need to change my profile.

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