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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-demon.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-demon.el
index 419346b7191..2f9952241aa 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-demon.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-demon.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
;;; gnus-demon.el --- daemonic Gnus behavior
-;; Copyright (C) 1995-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: news
@@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ Emacs has been idle for IDLE `gnus-demon-timestep's."
;; If t, replace by 1
(time (cond ((eq time t)
gnus-demon-timestep)
- ((null time) nil)
- (t (* time gnus-demon-timestep))))
+ ((null time)
+ nil)
+ ((stringp time)
+ (gnus-demon-time-to-step time))
+ (t
+ (* time gnus-demon-timestep))))
(timer
(cond
;; (func number t)
@@ -144,6 +148,38 @@ Emacs has been idle for IDLE `gnus-demon-timestep's."
(when timer
(add-to-list 'gnus-demon-timers timer)))))
+(defun gnus-demon-time-to-step (time)
+ "Find out how many seconds to TIME, which is on the form \"17:43\"."
+ (let* ((now (current-time))
+ ;; obtain NOW as discrete components -- make a vector for speed
+ (nowParts (decode-time now))
+ ;; obtain THEN as discrete components
+ (thenParts (parse-time-string time))
+ (thenHour (elt thenParts 2))
+ (thenMin (elt thenParts 1))
+ ;; convert time as elements into number of seconds since EPOCH.
+ (then (encode-time 0
+ thenMin
+ thenHour
+ ;; If THEN is earlier than NOW, make it
+ ;; same time tomorrow. Doc for encode-time
+ ;; says that this is OK.
+ (+ (elt nowParts 3)
+ (if (or (< thenHour (elt nowParts 2))
+ (and (= thenHour (elt nowParts 2))
+ (<= thenMin (elt nowParts 1))))
+ 1 0))
+ (elt nowParts 4)
+ (elt nowParts 5)
+ (elt nowParts 6)
+ (elt nowParts 7)
+ (elt nowParts 8)))
+ ;; calculate number of seconds between NOW and THEN
+ (diff (+ (* 65536 (- (car then) (car now)))
+ (- (cadr then) (cadr now)))))
+ ;; return number of timesteps in the number of seconds
+ (round (/ diff gnus-demon-timestep))))
+
(gnus-add-shutdown 'gnus-demon-cancel 'gnus)
(defun gnus-demon-cancel ()