diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py b/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py
index fcb1ea7a161..dcff0ad5085 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
                         AND hr_attendance.name = foo.name) \
                 WHERE hr_attendance.employee_id IN %s',(tuple(ids),))
         for res in cr.fetchall():
-            result[res[1]] = res[0] == 'sign_in' and 'Present' or 'Absent'
+            result[res[1]] = res[0] == 'sign_in' and 'present' or 'absent'
         return result
     
     def _last_sign(self, cr, uid, ids, name, args, context=None):
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
         warning_sign = {'sign_in': _('Sign In'), 'sign_out': _('Sign Out')}
         for employee in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
             if not action:
-                if employee.state == 'Present': action = 'sign_out'
-                if employee.state == 'Absent': action = 'sign_in'
+                if employee.state == 'present': action = 'sign_out'
+                if employee.state == 'absent': action = 'sign_in'
 
             if not self._action_check(cr, uid, employee.id, action_date, context):
                 raise osv.except_osv(_('Warning'), _('You tried to %s with a date anterior to another event !\nTry to contact the HR Manager to correct attendances.')%(warning_sign[action],))
diff --git a/addons/hr_timesheet/wizard/hr_timesheet_sign_in_out.py b/addons/hr_timesheet/wizard/hr_timesheet_sign_in_out.py
index a554fc73d3d..04ddc87ef10 100644
--- a/addons/hr_timesheet/wizard/hr_timesheet_sign_in_out.py
+++ b/addons/hr_timesheet/wizard/hr_timesheet_sign_in_out.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 import time
+from lxml import etree
 
 from openerp.osv import fields, osv
 from openerp.tools.translate import _
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class hr_so_project(osv.osv_memory):
         'date': fields.datetime('Closing Date'),
         'analytic_amount': fields.float('Minimum Analytic Amount'),
         'name': fields.char('Employees Name', size=32, required=True, readonly=True),
-        'state': fields.related('emp_id', 'state', string='Current Status', type='char', required=True, readonly=True),
+        'state': fields.related('emp_id', 'state', string='Current Status', type='selection', selection=[('absent', 'Absent'), ('present', 'Present')], required=True, readonly=True),
         'server_date': fields.datetime('Current Date', required=True, readonly=True),
         'emp_id': fields.many2one('hr.employee', 'Employee ID')
                 }
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class hr_si_project(osv.osv_memory):
     _description = 'Sign In By Project'
     _columns = {
         'name': fields.char('Employees Name', size=32,  readonly=True),
-        'state': fields.related('emp_id', 'state', string='Current Status', type='char', required=True, readonly=True),
+        'state': fields.related('emp_id', 'state', string='Current Status', type='selection', selection=[('absent', 'Absent'), ('present', 'Present')], required=True, readonly=True),
         'date': fields.datetime('Starting Date'),
         'server_date': fields.datetime('Current Date',  readonly=True),
         'emp_id': fields.many2one('hr.employee', 'Employee ID')