add helpers for time_t reading/writing

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Vincent Sanders <vince@netsurf-browser.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of NetSurf, http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
+ *
+ * NetSurf is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * NetSurf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \file utils/time.h
+ * \brief Interface to time operations.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NETSURF_UTILS_TIME_H_
+#define _NETSURF_UTILS_TIME_H_
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+/**
+ * Write the time in seconds since epoch to a buffer.
+ *
+ * This is provided as strftime is not generally portable.
+ *
+ * @param str The destination buffer.
+ * @param size The length of the destination buffer.
+ * @param timep The pointer to the time to write.
+ * @return The length of the string written.
+ */
+int nsc_sntimet(char *str, size_t size, time_t *timep);
+
+/**
+ * Parse time in seconds since epoc.
+ *
+ * This is provided as strptime is not generally portable.
+ *
+ * @param str The source buffer.
+ * @param size The length of the source buffer.
+ * @param timep Pointer to result.
+ * @return NSERROR_OK on success or error code on faliure.
+ */
+nserror nsc_snptimet(char *str, size_t size, time_t *timep);
+
+#endif