3 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/sim/host.hh b/src/sim/host.hh
index 8b1ddbfe7..93a5fe7f2 100644
--- a/src/sim/host.hh
+++ b/src/sim/host.hh
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #define __HOST_HH__
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <limits>
+
 
 /** uint64_t constant */
 #define ULL(N)		((uint64_t)N##ULL)
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ typedef int64_t Counter;
  */
 typedef int64_t Tick;
 
-const Tick MaxTick = (1LL << 63) - 1;
+const Tick MaxTick = std::numeric_limits<Tick>::max();
 
 /**
  * Address type
diff --git a/src/sim/param.cc b/src/sim/param.cc
index b1c50946b..5cc69b161 100644
--- a/src/sim/param.cc
+++ b/src/sim/param.cc
@@ -777,3 +777,27 @@ ParamContext::describeAllContexts(ostream &os)
         os << endl;
     }
 }
+
+void
+parseTime(const std::vector<int> &time, struct tm *tm)
+{
+    memset(tm, 0, sizeof(struct tm));
+
+    // UNIX is years since 1900
+    tm->tm_year = time[0] - 1900;
+
+    // Python starts at 1, UNIX starts at 0
+    tm->tm_mon = time[1] - 1;
+    tm->tm_mday = time[2];
+    tm->tm_hour = time[3];
+    tm->tm_min = time[4];
+    tm->tm_sec = time[5];
+
+    // Python has 0 as Monday, UNIX is 0 as sunday
+    tm->tm_wday = time[6] + 1;
+    if (tm->tm_wday > 6)
+        tm->tm_wday -= 7;
+
+    // Python starts at 1, Unix starts at 0
+    tm->tm_yday = time[7] - 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/sim/param.hh b/src/sim/param.hh
index 2aa0456da..8a4670e27 100644
--- a/src/sim/param.hh
+++ b/src/sim/param.hh
@@ -781,4 +781,5 @@ SimObjectVectorParam<OBJ_CLASS *>::showType(std::ostream &os) const	\
 template <class T> bool parseParam(const std::string &str, T &data);
 template <class T> void showParam(std::ostream &os, const T &data);
 
+void parseTime(const std::vector<int> &time, struct tm *tm);
 #endif // _SIM_PARAM_HH_