1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/monotime.h b/lib/monotime.h
index 8e50c1874a..6aac966ea1 100644
--- a/lib/monotime.h
+++ b/lib/monotime.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 #ifndef TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL
 /* should be in sys/time.h on BSD & Linux libcs */
 #define TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(tv, ts)                                            \
@@ -80,4 +84,19 @@ static inline int64_t monotime_until(const struct timeval *ref,
 	return (int64_t)tv.tv_sec * 1000000LL + tv.tv_usec;
 }
 
+static inline char *time_to_string(time_t ts)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	time_t tbuf;
+
+	monotime(&tv);
+	tbuf = time(NULL) - (tv.tv_sec - ts);
+
+	return ctime(&tbuf);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _FRR_MONOTIME_H */