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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/Time.py b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/Time.py
index 6481a58..7885332 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/Time.py
+++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/Time.py
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ def stringtopretty(timestring):
"""Return pretty version of time given w3 time string"""
return timetopretty(stringtotime(timestring))
+def prettytotime(prettystring):
+ """Converts time like "Mon Jun 5 11:00:23" to epoch sec, or None"""
+ try: return time.mktime(time.strptime(prettystring))
+ except ValueError: return None
+
def inttopretty(seconds):
"""Convert num of seconds to readable string like "2 hours"."""
partlist = []
@@ -222,6 +227,10 @@ the day).""" % timestr)
if _session_regexp.search(timestr):
return time_from_session(int(timestr[:-1]), rp)
+ # Try for long time, like "Mon Jun 5 11:00:23 1990"
+ t = prettytotime(timestr)
+ if t is not None: return t
+
try: # test for an interval, like "2 days ago"
return curtime - intstringtoseconds(timestr)
except TimeException: pass