From df57a2351260832774ac0c4bf2fa7a1fe45744ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Turner <zakalawe@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 21:03:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] #1207: Add helper to get Unix time in GMT

On Windows, time() is returning a value which if offset by the
selected time-zone. Provide a variant which is always in GMT.
---
 simgear/timing/lowleveltime.cxx | 12 ++++++++++++
 simgear/timing/lowleveltime.h   |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.cxx b/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.cxx
index 9d20655d..36fd1d35 100644
--- a/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.cxx
+++ b/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.cxx
@@ -1134,3 +1134,15 @@ char *tzstring (const char* string)
 
   return strncpy (p, string, needed);
 }
+
+time_t sgGMTime()
+{
+	struct tm now;
+	time_t now_sec = time(0);
+#if defined(SG_WINDOWS)
+	now = *gmtime(&now_sec);
+#else
+	gmtime_r(&now_sec, &now);
+#endif
+    return mktime(&now);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.h b/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.h
index 74be3b8e..1be49531 100644
--- a/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.h
+++ b/simgear/timing/lowleveltime.h
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ void show (const char *zone, time_t t, int v);
 /* adapted from <time.h> */
 struct tm * fgLocaltime (const time_t *t, const char *tzName);
 
+/* version of time() which returns a value in GMT/UTC, without 
+ any timezone adjustment. Necessary on Windows where calling time()
+ returns a value in the local time-zone. */
+time_t sgGMTime();
+
 /* Prototype for the internal function to get information based on TZ.  */
 extern struct tm *fgtz_convert (const time_t *t, int use_localtime,
 				     struct tm *tp, const char *tzName);