New event - default times

In month view when I double click on a day to create a new event the timings default to 2300 until 0000. I can't find any way to change these timings - can anyone help?

Hi Paul, I have the same (or similar) problem.
If I doubleclick to create an event in month view, depending on the current time of day, iCal will automatically create a time within the current 12-hour time period. If I then try to change the time with that annoying bubble (what ever happened to the beautiful sidebar), it will only allow changes within that current period. I.e. an event created at 10:00 can not be changed to 14:00. Entering "14" would result in the time being set to "04" in the morning. If I wait until after noon, then the times can be changed for the time period from noon to midnight only. This is really annoying. As a workaround, I can open the created event in day view and drag the event to the desired time. But this is not what I expect from Apple as useability.
Anyone has similar experiences to Paul and me?

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