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diff --git a/include/posixtime.h b/include/posixtime.h
index 319cb168..a731b006 100644
--- a/include/posixtime.h
+++ b/include/posixtime.h
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ struct timeval
extern int gettimeofday (struct timeval * restrict, void * restrict);
#endif
+/* consistently use gettimeofday for time information */
+static inline time_t
+getnow(void)
+{
+ struct timeval now;
+ gettimeofday (&now, 0);
+ return now.tv_sec;
+}
+
/* These exist on BSD systems, at least. */
#if !defined (timerclear)
# define timerclear(tvp) do { (tvp)->tv_sec = 0; (tvp)->tv_usec = 0; } while (0)