+
+/**
+ * Return the minimum of two relative time values.
+ *
+ * @param t1 first timestamp
+ * @param t2 other timestamp
+ * @return timestamp that is smaller
+ */
+struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative
+GNUNET_TIME_relative_min (struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative t1,
+ struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative t2)
+{
+ return (t1.rel_value_us < t2.rel_value_us) ? t1 : t2;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Return the maximum of two relative time values.
+ *
+ * @param t1 first timestamp
+ * @param t2 other timestamp
+ * @return timestamp that is larger
+ */
+struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative
+GNUNET_TIME_relative_max (struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative t1,
+ struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative t2)
+{
+ return (t1.rel_value_us > t2.rel_value_us) ? t1 : t2;
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Return the minimum of two relative time values.
+ *
+ * @param t1 first timestamp
+ * @param t2 other timestamp
+ * @return timestamp that is smaller
+ */
+struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
+GNUNET_TIME_absolute_min (struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute t1,
+ struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute t2)
+{
+ return (t1.abs_value_us < t2.abs_value_us) ? t1 : t2;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Return the maximum of two relative time values.
+ *
+ * @param t1 first timestamp
+ * @param t2 other timestamp
+ * @return timestamp that is bigger
+ */
+struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
+GNUNET_TIME_absolute_max (struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute t1,
+ struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute t2)
+{
+ return (t1.abs_value_us > t2.abs_value_us) ? t1 : t2;
+}
+
+