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+#ifndef _TIMES_H
+#define _TIMES_H
+
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_duration.hpp>
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_config.hpp>
+#include <boost/date_time/local_time_adjustor.hpp>
+
+#include <ctime>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace ledger {
+
+using namespace boost::posix_time;
+using namespace boost::date_time;
+
+typedef ptime::time_duration_type time_duration;
+
+class interval_t {};
+
+inline ptime ptime_local_to_utc(const ptime& when) {
+  struct std::tm tm_gmt = to_tm(when);
+  return from_time_t(std::mktime(&tm_gmt));
+}
+
+// jww (2007-04-18): I need to make a general parsing function
+// instead, and then make these into private methods.
+inline ptime ptime_from_local_date_string(const std::string& date_string) {
+  return ptime_local_to_utc(ptime(boost::gregorian::from_string(date_string),
+				  time_duration()));
+}
+
+inline ptime ptime_from_local_time_string(const std::string& time_string) {
+  return ptime_local_to_utc(time_from_string(time_string));
+}
+
+extern ptime now;
+
+}
+
+#endif /* _TIMES_H */