diff --git a/htdocs/product/card.php b/htdocs/product/card.php
index 15835361191..8ebf9268398 100644
--- a/htdocs/product/card.php
+++ b/htdocs/product/card.php
@@ -1025,9 +1025,9 @@ else
         if ($type == 1)
         {
             print '<tr><td>'.$langs->trans("Duration").'</td><td colspan="3">';
-            print '<input name="surface" size="4" value="'.GETPOST('duration_value').'">';
-            print $formproduct->select_measuring_units("duration_unit", "time");
-            print '</td></tr>';      
+            print '<input name="surface" size="4" value="'.GETPOST('duration_value', 'alpha').'">';
+            print $formproduct->load_measuring_units("duration_unit", "time", GETPOST('duration_value', 'alpha'), 0, 1);
+            print '</td></tr>';
         }
 
         if ($type != 1)	// Nature, Weight and volume only applies to products and not to services
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ else
             // Weight
             print '<tr><td>'.$langs->trans("Weight").'</td><td colspan="3">';
             print '<input name="weight" size="4" value="'.GETPOST('weight').'">';
-            print $formproduct->select_measuring_units("weight_units", "weight", (empty($conf->global->MAIN_WEIGHT_DEFAULT_UNIT)?0:$conf->global->MAIN_WEIGHT_DEFAULT_UNIT));
+            print $formproduct->load_measuring_units("weight_units", "weight", (empty($conf->global->MAIN_WEIGHT_DEFAULT_UNIT)?0:$conf->global->MAIN_WEIGHT_DEFAULT_UNIT));
             print '</td></tr>';
             // Length
             if (empty($conf->global->PRODUCT_DISABLE_SIZE))
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ else
                 // Duration
                 print '<tr><td>'.$langs->trans("Duration").'</td><td colspan="3">';
                 print '<input name="surface" size="5" value="'.$object->duration_value.'"> ';
-                print $formproduct->select_measuring_units("duration_unit", "time", $object->duration_unit);
+                print $formproduct->load_measuring_units("duration_unit", "time", $object->duration_unit, 0, 1);
                 print '</td></tr>';
             }
             else
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ else
                 $statutarray=array('-1'=>'&nbsp;', '1' => $langs->trans("Finished"), '0' => $langs->trans("RowMaterial"));
                 print $form->selectarray('finished', $statutarray, $object->finished);
                 print '</td></tr>';
-              
+
                 // Weight
                 print '<tr><td>'.$langs->trans("Weight").'</td><td colspan="3">';
                 print '<input name="weight" size="5" value="'.$object->weight.'"> ';
diff --git a/htdocs/product/class/html.formproduct.class.php b/htdocs/product/class/html.formproduct.class.php
index efe6b261e83..5663e8c5987 100644
--- a/htdocs/product/class/html.formproduct.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/product/class/html.formproduct.class.php
@@ -286,15 +286,16 @@ class FormProduct
 	 *  pour l'instant on ne definit pas les unites dans la base
 	 *
 	 *  @param	string		$name               Name of HTML field
-	 *  @param	string		$measuring_style    Unit to show: weight, size, surface, volume
-	 *  @param  string		$default            Force unit
+	 *  @param	string		$measuring_style    Unit to show: weight, size, surface, volume, time
+	 *  @param  string		$default            Preselected value
 	 * 	@param	int			$adddefault			Add empty unit called "Default"
+	 *  @param  int         $mode               1=Use short label as value, 0=Use rowid
 	 * 	@return	void
 	 */
-	public function select_measuring_units($name = 'measuring_units', $measuring_style = '', $default = '0', $adddefault = 0)
+	public function select_measuring_units($name = 'measuring_units', $measuring_style = '', $default = '0', $adddefault = 0, $mode = 0)
 	{
         //phpcs:enable
-		print $this->load_measuring_units($name, $measuring_style, $default, $adddefault);
+		print $this->load_measuring_units($name, $measuring_style, $default, $adddefault, $mode);
 	}
 
     // phpcs:disable PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName.ScopeNotCamelCaps
@@ -303,12 +304,13 @@ class FormProduct
 	 *  For the moment, units labels are defined in measuring_units_string
 	 *
 	 *  @param  string		$name                Name of HTML field
-	 *  @param  string		$measuring_style     Unit to show: weight, size, surface, volume
-	 *  @param  string		$default             Force unit
-	 *  @param  int			$adddefault			Add empty unit called "Default"
+	 *  @param  string		$measuring_style     Unit to show: weight, size, surface, volume, time
+	 *  @param  string		$default             Preselected value
+	 *  @param  int			$adddefault			 Add empty unit called "Default"
+	 *  @param  int         $mode                1=Use short label as value, 0=Use rowid
 	 *  @return string
 	 */
-	public function load_measuring_units($name = 'measuring_units', $measuring_style = '', $default = '0', $adddefault = 0)
+	public function load_measuring_units($name = 'measuring_units', $measuring_style = '', $default = '0', $adddefault = 0, $mode = 0)
 	{
         //phpcs:enable
 		global $langs, $conf, $mysoc, $db;
@@ -337,12 +339,16 @@ class FormProduct
 				$return .= '<option value="0">' . $langs->trans("Default") . '</option>';
 
 			foreach ($measuringUnits->records as $lines) {
-				$return .= '<option value="' . $lines->id . '"';
-				if ($lines->id == $default) {
-					$return .= ' selected';
-				}
-				// $return.= '>'.$value.'</option>';
-				$return .= '>' . $langs->transnoentitiesnoconv($lines->label) . '</option>';
+				$return .= '<option value="';
+				if ($mode == 1) $return .= $lines->short_label;
+				else $return .= $lines->id;
+				$return .= '"';
+				if ($mode == 1 && $lines->short_label == $default) $return .= ' selected';
+				if ($mode == 0 && $lines->id == $default) $return .= ' selected';
+				$return .= '>';
+				if ($measuring_style == 'time') $return.= $langs->trans(ucfirst($lines->label));
+				else $return .= $langs->trans($lines->label);
+				$return .= '</option>';
 			}
 			$return .= '</select>';
 		}