diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.tsx
index 0e005b00c..8e3fb9e85 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.tsx
@@ -242,13 +242,7 @@ export default function EventBlock(props: EventBlockProps) {
       onContextMenu={onContextMenu}
       id='event-block'
     >
-      <RundownIndicators
-        timeStart={timeStart}
-        timeEnd={timeEnd}
-        previousStart={previousStart}
-        previousEnd={previousEnd}
-        delay={delay}
-      />
+      <RundownIndicators timeStart={timeStart} previousStart={previousStart} previousEnd={previousEnd} delay={delay} />
 
       <div className={style.binder} style={{ ...binderColours }} tabIndex={-1}>
         <span className={style.drag} ref={handleRef} {...dragAttributes} {...dragListeners}>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.utils.ts b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.utils.ts
index 6213f2f87..86ddce331 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.utils.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlock.utils.ts
@@ -10,24 +10,41 @@ export function formatDelay(timeStart: number, delay: number): string | undefine
   return `New start ${timeTag}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Utility function checks whether a given event is the day after from its predecessor
+ * We consider an event to be the day after, if it begins before the start of the previous
+ * @example day after
+ * // 09:00 - 10:00
+ * // 08:00 - 10:30 <--- day after
+ * @example same day
+ * // 09:00 - 10:00
+ * // 09:30 - 10:30 <--- same day
+ */
+function checkIsNextDay(previousStart: number, timeStart: number): boolean {
+  return timeStart < previousStart;
+}
+
 export function formatOverlap(
   previousStart: MaybeNumber,
   previousEnd: MaybeNumber,
   timeStart: number,
-  timeEnd: number,
 ): string | undefined {
-  if (previousEnd === null) return;
+  const noPreviousElement = previousEnd === null || previousStart === null;
+  if (noPreviousElement) return;
 
   const overlap = previousEnd - timeStart;
   if (overlap === 0) return;
 
-  if (previousStart && timeStart < previousEnd) {
-    const overlap = timeEnd - previousStart;
-    if (overlap > 0) {
-      const overlapString = removeLeadingZero(millisToString(Math.abs(overlap)));
-      return `Overlap ${overlapString}`;
-    }
-    const gap = timeStart + dayInMs - previousEnd;
+  const previousCrossMidnight = previousStart > previousEnd;
+  const isNextDay = previousCrossMidnight
+    ? checkIsNextDay(previousEnd, timeStart) || previousEnd == 0 // exception for when previousEnd is precisely midnight
+    : checkIsNextDay(previousStart, timeStart);
+
+  const correctedPreviousEnd = previousCrossMidnight ? previousEnd + dayInMs : previousEnd;
+
+  if (isNextDay) {
+    const gap = dayInMs - correctedPreviousEnd + timeStart;
+    if (gap === 0) return;
     const gapString = removeLeadingZero(millisToString(Math.abs(gap)));
     return `Gap ${gapString} (next day)`;
   }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/RundownIndicators.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/RundownIndicators.tsx
index 5f3120cbb..9cfa7afae 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/RundownIndicators.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/RundownIndicators.tsx
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@ import style from './RundownIndicators.module.scss';
 
 interface RundownIndicatorProps {
   timeStart: number;
-  timeEnd: number;
   previousStart: MaybeNumber;
   previousEnd: MaybeNumber;
   delay: number;
 }
 
 export default function RundownIndicators(props: RundownIndicatorProps) {
-  const { timeStart, timeEnd, previousStart, previousEnd, delay } = props;
+  const { timeStart, previousStart, previousEnd, delay } = props;
 
-  const hasOverlap = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart, timeEnd);
+  const hasOverlap = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart);
   const hasDelay = formatDelay(timeStart, delay);
 
   return (
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/__tests__/EventBlock.utils.test.ts b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/__tests__/EventBlock.utils.test.ts
index ae3ff002e..cc5982646 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/__tests__/EventBlock.utils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/__tests__/EventBlock.utils.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR } from 'ontime-utils';
+
 import { formatDelay, formatOverlap } from '../EventBlock.utils';
 
 describe('formatDelay()', () => {
@@ -14,35 +16,47 @@ describe('formatOverlap()', () => {
     const previousStart = 0;
     const previousEnd = 60000; // 1 min
     const timeStart = 30000; // 30 sec
-    const timeEnd = 90000; // 1:30 min
-    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart, timeEnd);
+    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart);
     expect(result).toEqual('Overlap 0:30');
   });
 
+  it('bug #949 recognises an overlap between two times', () => {
+    const previousStart = 46800000; // 13:00:00
+    const previousEnd = 48600000; // 13:30:00
+    const timeStart = 48300000; // 13:25:00
+    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart);
+    expect(result).toEqual('Overlap 5:00');
+  });
+
   it('handles events the day after, without overlap', () => {
-    const previousStart = new Date(0).setUTCHours(11);
-    const previousEnd = new Date(0).setUTCHours(12);
-    const timeStart = new Date(0).setUTCHours(6);
-    const timeEnd = new Date(0).setUTCHours(10);
-    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart, timeEnd);
+    const previousStart = 11 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const previousEnd = 12 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const timeStart = 6 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart);
     expect(result).toBe('Gap 18:00:00 (next day)');
   });
 
-  it('handles events the day after, with overlap', () => {
-    const previousStart = new Date(0).setUTCHours(9);
-    const previousEnd = new Date(0).setUTCHours(10);
-    const timeStart = new Date(0).setUTCHours(6);
-    const timeEnd = new Date(0).setUTCHours(11);
-    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart, timeEnd);
-    expect(result).toBe('Overlap 02:00:00');
-  });
-
   it('handles events the day after, with gap', () => {
-    const previousStart = new Date(0).setUTCHours(17);
-    const previousEnd = new Date(0).setUTCHours(23);
-    const timeStart = new Date(0).setUTCHours(9);
-    const timeEnd = new Date(0).setUTCHours(11);
-    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart, timeEnd);
+    const previousStart = 17 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const previousEnd = 23 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const timeStart = 9 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart);
     expect(result).toBe('Gap 10:00:00 (next day)');
   });
+
+  it('handles events the day after, with previous ending at midnight', () => {
+    const previousStart = 23 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR; // 23:00:00
+    const previousEnd = 0; // 00:00:00
+    const timeStart = 1 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR; // 01:00:00
+    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart);
+    expect(result).toBe('Gap 01:00:00 (next day)');
+  });
+
+  it('handles events the day after, with previous ending over midnight', () => {
+    const previousStart = 23 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const previousEnd = 1 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const timeStart = 2 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const result = formatOverlap(previousStart, previousEnd, timeStart);
+    expect(result).toBe('Gap 01:00:00');
+  });
 });