#
#
# patch "src/parsing.cpp"
#  from [df0419ff36e21c79ca86fb06d7aadbde8c92b733]
#    to [07004ffd721f7f70ccb2f50f0a1f4a7e98c028cb]
#
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--- src/parsing.cpp	df0419ff36e21c79ca86fb06d7aadbde8c92b733
+++ src/parsing.cpp	07004ffd721f7f70ccb2f50f0a1f4a7e98c028cb
@@ -55,6 +55,37 @@ std::string to_string(u64bit n, u32bit m
    }
 
 /*************************************************
+* Convert a string into a time duration          *
+*************************************************/
+u32bit timespec_to_u32bit(const std::string& timespec)
+   {
+   if(timespec == "")
+      return 0;
+
+   const char suffix = timespec[timespec.size()-1];
+   std::string value = timespec.substr(0, timespec.size()-1);
+
+   u32bit scale = 1;
+
+   if(Charset::is_digit(suffix))
+      value += suffix;
+   else if(suffix == 's')
+      scale = 1;
+   else if(suffix == 'm')
+      scale = 60;
+   else if(suffix == 'h')
+      scale = 60 * 60;
+   else if(suffix == 'd')
+      scale = 24 * 60 * 60;
+   else if(suffix == 'y')
+      scale = 365 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+   else
+      throw Decoding_Error("timespec_to_u32bit: Bad input " + timespec);
+
+   return scale * to_u32bit(value);
+   }
+
+/*************************************************
 * Parse a SCAN-style algorithm name              *
 *************************************************/
 std::vector<std::string> parse_algorithm_name(const std::string& namex)