PS1 in .bashrc

[Robin Gerard <robin.jag@free.fr>]

Hello,
I encountered a trifling problem in my .bashrc:

<begin .bashrc>
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# Define some colors:

   RED='\e[1;31m'
   cyan='\e[0;36m'
   CYAN='\e[1;36m'
   YELLOW='\e[1;33m'
   NC='\e[0m'              # No Color

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#-------------------------
# Shell prompt:
#-------------------------

           LOAD=$(uptime | cut -c 45-49) 
           TIME=$(date +%H:%M)
       
       PS1="${cyan}[\$TIME \$LOAD]\n${NC}[\u@\h ${YELLOW}\#$NC] \w\$ " 

<end .bashrc>

with this PS1 I get: 

[18:31 : 0.16]
[user@machineName 1] ~$

but if I write a very long command the cursor remains on the same line and 
overlaps the prompt.

If I set PS1 like:
       PS1="${cyan}[\$TIME \$LOAD]\n${NC}[\u@\h ${YELLOW}\#$NC] \w\$\n"
the cursor is under the prompt and the new line works correctly if I write
a long command.

Is it possible to have the cursor on the same line of the prompt such that the
long command doesn't overlaps the prompt ?   

Thanks in advance for a tip.
 
-- 
Gerard