diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index b94bfa8..fa56988 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -583,6 +583,67 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(getnstimestamp);
 
+/* Converts Gregorian date to seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00.
+ * Assumes input in normal date format, i.e. 1980-12-31 23:59:59
+ * => year=1980, mon=12, day=31, hour=23, min=59, sec=59.
+ *
+ * [For the Julian calendar (which was used in Russia before 1917,
+ * Britain & colonies before 1752, anywhere else before 1582,
+ * and is still in use by some communities) leave out the
+ * -year/100+year/400 terms, and add 10.]
+ *
+ * This algorithm was first published by Gauss (I think).
+ *
+ * WARNING: this function will overflow on 2106-02-07 06:28:16 on
+ * machines were long is 32-bit! (However, as time_t is signed, we
+ * will already get problems at other places on 2038-01-19 03:14:08)
+ */
+unsigned long
+mktime (unsigned int year, unsigned int mon,
+	unsigned int day, unsigned int hour,
+	unsigned int min, unsigned int sec)
+{
+	if (0 >= (int) (mon -= 2)) {	/* 1..12 -> 11,12,1..10 */
+		mon += 12;		/* Puts Feb last since it has leap day */
+		year -= 1;
+	}
+
+	return ((((unsigned long)
+		  (year/4 - year/100 + year/400 + 367*mon/12 + day) +
+		  year*365 - 719499
+	    )*24 + hour /* now have hours */
+	  )*60 + min /* now have minutes */
+	)*60 + sec; /* finally seconds */
+}
+
+/**
+ * set_normalized_timespec - set timespec sec and nsec parts and normalize
+ *
+ * @ts:		pointer to timespec variable to be set
+ * @sec:	seconds to set
+ * @nsec:	nanoseconds to set
+ *
+ * Set seconds and nanoseconds field of a timespec variable and
+ * normalize to the timespec storage format
+ *
+ * Note: The tv_nsec part is always in the range of
+ * 	0 <= tv_nsec < NSEC_PER_SEC
+ * For negative values only the tv_sec field is negative !
+ */
+void set_normalized_timespec (struct timespec *ts, time_t sec, long nsec)
+{
+	while (nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
+		nsec -= NSEC_PER_SEC;
+		++sec;
+	}
+	while (nsec < 0) {
+		nsec += NSEC_PER_SEC;
+		--sec;
+	}
+	ts->tv_sec = sec;
+	ts->tv_nsec = nsec;
+}
+
 #if (BITS_PER_LONG < 64)
 u64 get_jiffies_64(void)
 {