};
+/**
+ * Return the current year (i.e. '2011').
+ */
+unsigned int
+GNUNET_FS_get_current_year (void);
+
+
+/**
+ * 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_FS_year_to_time (unsigned int year);
+
/**
* Handle to the file-sharing service.