* time-date.el (time-to-number-of-days): New function.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 3930aa8..03c5b23 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-01-05 06:49:37  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+       * time-date.el (time-to-number-of-days): New function.
+
 2001-01-04 11:06:14  Gregory Chernov  <greg@visiontech-dml.com>
 
        * nnslashdot.el (nnslashdot-request-list): Always get the right

diff --git a/lisp/time-date.el b/lisp/time-date.el
index 3bfb9a4..be02f94 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/time-date.el
+++ b/lisp/time-date.el
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ The Gregorian date Sunday, December 31, 1bce is imaginary."
        (- (/ (1- year) 100))           ;       - century years
        (/ (1- year) 400))))            ;       + Gregorian leap years
 
+(defun time-to-number-of-days (time)
+  "Return the number of days represented by TIME.
+The number of days will be returned as a floating point number."
+  (/ (+ (* 1.0 65536 (car time)) (cadr time)) (* 60 60 24)))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun safe-date-to-time (date)
   "Parse DATE and return a time structure.