+;; stolen (and renamed) from time-date.el.
+(defun riece-seconds-to-time (seconds)
+ "Convert SECONDS (a floating point number) to a time value."
+ (list (floor seconds 65536)
+ (floor (mod seconds 65536))
+ (floor (* (- seconds (ffloor seconds)) 1000000))))
+
+;; stolen (and renamed) from time-date.el.
+(defun riece-time-less-p (t1 t2)
+ "Say whether time value T1 is less than time value T2."
+ (or (< (car t1) (car t2))
+ (and (= (car t1) (car t2))
+ (< (nth 1 t1) (nth 1 t2)))))
+
+;; stolen (and renamed) from time-date.el.
+(defun riece-time-since (time)
+ "Return the time elapsed since TIME."
+ (let* ((current (current-time))
+ (rest (when (< (nth 1 current) (nth 1 time))
+ (expt 2 16))))
+ (list (- (+ (car current) (if rest -1 0)) (car time))
+ (- (+ (or rest 0) (nth 1 current)) (nth 1 time)))))
+
+(defun riece-flush-send-queue (process)