- sprintf (time_string, "%llu", (unsigned long long) time.rel_value);
- return (const char *) time_string;
+/**
+ * Convert a year to an expiration time of January 1st of that year.
+ *
+ * @param year a year (after 1970, please ;-)).
+ * @return absolute time for January 1st of that year.
+ */
+struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
+GNUNET_TIME_year_to_time (unsigned int year)
+{
+ struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute ret;
+ time_t tp;
+ struct tm t;
+
+ memset (&t, 0, sizeof (t));
+ if (year < 1900)
+ {
+ GNUNET_break (0);
+ return GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get (); /* now */
+ }
+ t.tm_year = year - 1900;
+ t.tm_mday = 1;
+ t.tm_mon = 1;
+ t.tm_wday = 1;
+ t.tm_yday = 1;
+ tp = mktime (&t);
+ GNUNET_break (tp != (time_t) - 1);
+ ret.abs_value_us = tp * 1000LL * 1000LL; /* seconds to microseconds */
+ return ret;