1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 664513c9ad..433e31ac90 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -1199,3 +1199,22 @@ void log_set(FILE *file)
 {
 	logfile = file;
 }
+
+/* This is very similar to ctime() but it does not force a newline.
+ */
+char *simple_ctime(const time_t *t, char out[SIMPLE_CTIME_BUF_SIZE])
+{
+	struct tm tm;
+
+	if (localtime_r(t, &tm) == NULL)
+		goto error;
+
+	if (!strftime(out, SIMPLE_CTIME_BUF_SIZE, "%c", &tm))
+		goto error;
+
+	return out;
+
+ error:
+	snprintf(out, SIMPLE_CTIME_BUF_SIZE, "[error]");
+	return out;
+}