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+{- log timestamp parsing
+ -
+ - Copyright 2015 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ -
+ - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
+ -}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
+module Logs.TimeStamp where
+
+import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
+import Data.Time
+#if ! MIN_VERSION_time(1,5,0)
+import System.Locale
+#endif
+
+import Common
+
+parsePOSIXTime :: String -> Maybe POSIXTime
+parsePOSIXTime s = utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds <$> parseTime defaultTimeLocale "%s%Qs" s