1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/timer/timer.cpp b/src/timer/timer.cpp
index e3e3c5a16..16d7dc368 100644
--- a/src/timer/timer.cpp
+++ b/src/timer/timer.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ u64bit system_time()
    return static_cast<u64bit>(std::time(0));
    }
 
+/*
+* Convert a time_t to a struct tm
+*/
+std::tm time_t_to_tm(u64bit timer)
+   {
+   std::time_t time_val = static_cast<std::time_t>(timer);
+
+   std::tm* tm_p = std::gmtime(&time_val);
+   if (tm_p == 0)
+      throw Encoding_Error("time_t_to_tm could not convert");
+   return (*tm_p);
+   }
+
 /**
 * Read the clock and return the output
 */