diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5700e95..ee5b45a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ calendars.txt
 .coverage
 dist/*
 MANIFEST
+icalevents.egg-info/*
diff --git a/icalevents/icalparser.py b/icalevents/icalparser.py
index 554f317..f75edde 100644
--- a/icalevents/icalparser.py
+++ b/icalevents/icalparser.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         """
         self.uid = -1
         self.summary = None
+        self.description = None
         self.start = None
         self.end = None
         self.all_day = True
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ def copy_to(self, new_start=None, uid=None):
 
         ne = Event()
         ne.summary = self.summary
+        ne.description = self.description
         ne.start = new_start
         ne.end = (new_start + duration)
         ne.all_day = (self.all_day and (new_start - self.start).seconds == 0)
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ def create_event(component):
     event.end = event_end
     event.summary = str(component.get('summary'))
     event.description  = str(component.get('description'))
-    event.all_day = type(component.get('dtstart').dt) is datetime.date
+    event.all_day = type(component.get('dtstart').dt) is date
 
     return event
 
diff --git a/test/test_icalevents.py b/test/test_icalevents.py
index 7aae018..34bd424 100644
--- a/test/test_icalevents.py
+++ b/test/test_icalevents.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_event_attributes(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(ev.summary, "graue Restmülltonne")
         self.assertEqual(ev.description, "graue Restmülltonne nicht vergessen!")
-        self.assertFalse(ev.all_day)
+        self.assertTrue(ev.all_day)
 
     def test_events_async_url(self):
         url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/irgangla/icalevents/master/test/test_data/basic.ics"