diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 376def64d..2f2a2127f 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require_once('include/nav.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_PLATFORM',     'Free Friendika');
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1133' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1095      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1096      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ function get_birthdays() {
 		return $o;
 
 	$bd_format = t('g A l F d') ; // 8 AM Friday January 18
+	$bd_short = t('F d');
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `event`.*, `event`.`id` AS `eid`, `contact`.* FROM `event` 
 		LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `event`.`cid` 
@@ -993,7 +994,7 @@ function get_birthdays() {
 		if($total) {
 			$o .= '<div id="birthday-notice" class="birthday-notice fakelink" onclick=openClose(\'birthday-wrapper\'); >' . t('Birthday Reminders') . ' ' . '(' . $total . ')' . '</div>'; 
 			$o .= '<div id="birthday-wrapper" style="display: none;" ><div id="birthday-title">' . t('Birthdays this week:') . '</div>'; 
-			$o .= '<div id="birthday-adjust">' . t("\x28Adjusted for local time\x29") . '</div>';
+//			$o .= '<div id="birthday-adjust">' . t("\x28Adjusted for local time\x29") . '</div>';
 			$o .= '<div id="birthday-title-end"></div>';
 
 			foreach($r as $rr) {
@@ -1001,10 +1002,16 @@ function get_birthdays() {
 					continue;
 				$now = strtotime('now');
 				$today = (((strtotime($rr['start'] . ' +00:00') < $now) && (strtotime($rr['finish'] . ' +00:00') > $now)) ? true : false); 
+				$sparkle = '';
+				$url = $rr['url'];
+				if($rr['network'] === NETWORK_DFRN) {
+					$sparkle = " sparkle";
+					$url = $a->get_baseurl() . '/redir/'  . $rr['cid'];
+				}
 	
-				$o .= '<div class="birthday-list" id="birthday-' . $rr['eid'] . '"><a class="sparkle" target="redir" href="' 
-				. $a->get_baseurl() . '/redir/'  . $rr['cid'] . '">' . $rr['name'] . '</a> ' 
-				. day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', $a->timezone, $rr['start'], $bd_format)) . (($today) ?  ' ' . t('[today]') : '')
+				$o .= '<div class="birthday-list" id="birthday-' . $rr['eid'] . '"><a class="birthday-link$sparkle" target="redir" href="' 
+				. $url . '">' . $rr['name'] . '</a> ' 
+				. day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', $a->timezone, $rr['start'], $rr['adjust'] ? $bd_format : $bd_short)) . (($today) ?  ' ' . t('[today]') : '')
 				. '</div>' ;
 			}
 			$o .= '</div></div>';
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index ed92aa4c1..2b9be34e0 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   `info` mediumtext NOT NULL,
   `profile-id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `bdyear` CHAR( 4 ) NOT NULL COMMENT 'birthday notify flag',
+  `bd` date NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `uid` (`uid`),
   KEY `self` (`self`),
diff --git a/include/datetime.php b/include/datetime.php
index 3033b88af..087e6cb20 100644
--- a/include/datetime.php
+++ b/include/datetime.php
@@ -393,3 +393,57 @@ function cal($y = 0,$m = 0, $links = false, $class='') {
   
   return $o;
 }}
+
+
+function update_contact_birthdays() {
+
+	// This only handles foreign or alien networks where a birthday has been provided.
+	// In-network birthdays are handled within local_delivery
+
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM contact WHERE `bd` != '' AND `bd` != '0000-00-00' AND SUBSTRING(`bd`,1,4) != `bdyear` ");
+	if(count($r)) {
+		foreach($r as $rr) {
+
+			logger('update_contact_birthday: ' . $rr['bd']);
+
+			$nextbd = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now','Y') . substr($rr['bd'],4);
+
+			/**
+			 *
+			 * Add new birthday event for this person
+			 *
+			 * $bdtext is just a readable placeholder in case the event is shared
+			 * with others. We will replace it during presentation to our $importer
+			 * to contain a sparkle link and perhaps a photo. 
+			 *
+			 */
+			 
+			$bdtext = t('Birthday:') . ' [url=' . $rr['url'] . ']' . $rr['name'] . '[/url]' ;
+
+
+			$r = q("INSERT INTO `event` (`uid`,`cid`,`created`,`edited`,`start`,`finish`,`desc`,`type`,`adjust`)
+				VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%d' ) ",
+				intval($rr['uid']),
+			 	intval($rr['id']),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $nextbd)),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $nextbd . ' + 1 day ')),
+				dbesc($bdtext),
+				dbesc('birthday'),
+				intval(0)
+			);
+			
+
+			// update bdyear
+
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `bdyear` = '%s', `bd` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc(substr($nextbd,0,4)),
+				dbesc($nextbd),
+				intval($rr['uid']),
+				intval($rr['id'])
+			);
+
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 7207daf0c..2d9e2883d 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -1024,9 +1024,11 @@ function diaspora_profile($importer,$xml) {
 
 	$images = import_profile_photo($image_url,$importer['uid'],$contact['id']);
 	
-	// TODO handle birthdays - even though we don't know the original timezone (grrr.)
+	// Generic birthday. We don't know the timezone. The year is irrelevant. 
 
-	$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s', `photo` = '%s', `thumb` = '%s', `micro` = '%s', `avatar-date` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+	$birthday = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$birthday,'Y-m-d');
+
+	$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s', `photo` = '%s', `thumb` = '%s', `micro` = '%s', `avatar-date` = '%s' , `bd` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 		dbesc($name),
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 		dbesc($images[0]),
@@ -1034,7 +1036,8 @@ function diaspora_profile($importer,$xml) {
 		dbesc($images[2]),
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 		intval($contact['id']),
-		intval($importer['uid'])
+		intval($importer['uid']),
+		dbesc($birthday)
 	); 
 	if($r) {
 		if($oldphotos) {
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 427f8887c..cef0647b5 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -50,12 +50,15 @@ function poller_run($argv, $argc){
 
 	
 
-	// once daily run expire in background
+	// once daily run birthday_updates and then expire in background
 
 	$d1 = get_config('system','last_expire_day');
 	$d2 = intval(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now','d'));
 
 	if($d2 != intval($d1)) {
+
+		update_contact_birthdays();
+
 		set_config('system','last_expire_day',$d2);
 		proc_run('php','include/expire.php');
 	}
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 5d5190095..06bbb8b41 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1095 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1096 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -791,3 +791,7 @@ function update_1093() {
 function update_1094() {
 	q("ALTER TABLE `item` ADD `postopts` TEXT NOT NULL AFTER `target` ");
 }
+
+function update_1095() {
+	q("ALTER TABLE `contact` ADD `bd` DATE NOT NULL AFTER `bdyear` ");
+}
diff --git a/view/theme/testbubble/style.css b/view/theme/testbubble/style.css
index 74f0dfb41..4a3edc163 100644
--- a/view/theme/testbubble/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/testbubble/style.css
@@ -2105,10 +2105,17 @@ margin-left: 0px;
 .openid {
 	background: url(login-bg.gif) no-repeat;
 	background-position: 0 50%;
-	padding-left: 18px;
+	padding-left: 18px !important;
 	width: 385px;
 }
 
+.openid {
+	width: 150px !important;
+}
+#login-password {
+	width: 168px !important;
+}
+
 #profile-tabs-wrapper {
 	padding-top: 10px;
 }