+/*
+ convert a LDAP GeneralizedTime string in ldb_val format to a
+ time_t.
+*/
+int ldb_val_to_time(const struct ldb_val *v, time_t *t)
+{
+ struct tm tm;
+
+ if (v == NULL || !v->data || v->length < 17) {
+ return LDB_ERR_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_SYNTAX;
+ }
+
+ memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
+
+ if (sscanf((char *)v->data, "%04u%02u%02u%02u%02u%02u.0Z",
+ &tm.tm_year, &tm.tm_mon, &tm.tm_mday,
+ &tm.tm_hour, &tm.tm_min, &tm.tm_sec) != 6) {
+ return LDB_ERR_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_SYNTAX;
+ }
+ tm.tm_year -= 1900;
+ tm.tm_mon -= 1;
+
+ *t = timegm(&tm);
+
+ return LDB_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+/*
+ return a LDAP formatted UTCTime string
+*/
+char *ldb_timestring_utc(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, time_t t)
+{
+ struct tm *tm = gmtime(&t);
+ char *ts;
+ int r;
+
+ if (!tm) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ /* we now excatly how long this string will be */
+ ts = talloc_array(mem_ctx, char, 14);
+
+ /* formatted like: 20040408072012.0Z => 040408072012Z */
+ r = snprintf(ts, 14,
+ "%02u%02u%02u%02u%02u%02uZ",
+ (tm->tm_year+1900)%100, tm->tm_mon+1,
+ tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min,
+ tm->tm_sec);
+
+ if (r != 13) {
+ talloc_free(ts);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ return ts;
+}
+
+/*
+ convert a LDAP UTCTime string to a time_t. Return 0 if unable to convert
+*/
+time_t ldb_string_utc_to_time(const char *s)
+{
+ struct tm tm;
+
+ if (s == NULL) return 0;
+
+ memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
+ if (sscanf(s, "%02u%02u%02u%02u%02u%02uZ",
+ &tm.tm_year, &tm.tm_mon, &tm.tm_mday,
+ &tm.tm_hour, &tm.tm_min, &tm.tm_sec) != 6) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (tm.tm_year < 50) {
+ tm.tm_year += 100;
+ }
+ tm.tm_mon -= 1;
+
+ return timegm(&tm);
+}
+