+struct timespec convert_time_t_to_timespec(time_t t)
+{
+ struct timespec ts;
+ ts.tv_sec = t;
+ ts.tv_nsec = 0;
+ return ts;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ Convert a normalized timeval to a timespec.
+****************************************************************************/
+
+struct timespec convert_timeval_to_timespec(const struct timeval tv)
+{
+ struct timespec ts;
+ ts.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+ ts.tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
+ return ts;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ Convert a normalized timespec to a timeval.
+****************************************************************************/
+
+struct timeval convert_timespec_to_timeval(const struct timespec ts)
+{
+ struct timeval tv;
+ tv.tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+ tv.tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+ return tv;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ Return a timespec for the current time
+****************************************************************************/
+
+struct timespec timespec_current(void)
+{
+ struct timeval tv;
+ struct timespec ts;
+ GetTimeOfDay(&tv);
+ ts.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+ ts.tv_nsec = tv.tv_sec * 1000;
+ return ts;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ Return the lesser of two timespecs.
+****************************************************************************/
+
+struct timespec timespec_min(const struct timespec *ts1,
+ const struct timespec *ts2)
+{
+ if (ts1->tv_sec < ts2->tv_sec) return *ts1;
+ if (ts1->tv_sec > ts2->tv_sec) return *ts2;
+ if (ts1->tv_nsec < ts2->tv_nsec) return *ts1;
+ return *ts2;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ compare two timespec structures.
+ Return -1 if ts1 < ts2
+ Return 0 if ts1 == ts2
+ Return 1 if ts1 > ts2
+****************************************************************************/
+
+int timespec_compare(const struct timespec *ts1, const struct timespec *ts2)
+{
+ if (ts1->tv_sec > ts2->tv_sec) return 1;
+ if (ts1->tv_sec < ts2->tv_sec) return -1;
+ if (ts1->tv_nsec > ts2->tv_nsec) return 1;
+ if (ts1->tv_nsec < ts2->tv_nsec) return -1;
+ return 0;
+}
+