2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/time.cpp b/src/util/time.cpp
index 2b202ae95..2afff2626 100644
--- a/src/util/time.cpp
+++ b/src/util/time.cpp
@@ -111,3 +111,17 @@ std::string FormatISO8601Date(int64_t nTime) {
 #endif
     return strprintf("%04i-%02i-%02i", ts.tm_year + 1900, ts.tm_mon + 1, ts.tm_mday);
 }
+
+int64_t ParseISO8601DateTime(const std::string& str)
+{
+    static const boost::posix_time::ptime epoch = boost::posix_time::from_time_t(0);
+    static const std::locale loc(std::locale::classic(),
+        new boost::posix_time::time_input_facet("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"));
+    std::istringstream iss(str);
+    iss.imbue(loc);
+    boost::posix_time::ptime ptime(boost::date_time::not_a_date_time);
+    iss >> ptime;
+    if (ptime.is_not_a_date_time() || epoch > ptime)
+        return 0;
+    return (ptime - epoch).total_seconds();
+}
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/time.h b/src/util/time.h
index c0470a213..af4390aa1 100644
--- a/src/util/time.h
+++ b/src/util/time.h
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ T GetTime();
  */
 std::string FormatISO8601DateTime(int64_t nTime);
 std::string FormatISO8601Date(int64_t nTime);
+int64_t ParseISO8601DateTime(const std::string& str);
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_TIME_H