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diff --git a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
index eeb09926a6e..125f9acc705 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
@@ -527,6 +527,21 @@ TIME is modified and returned."
time)
+(defun decoded-time-period (time)
+ "Interpret DECODED as a period and return its length in seconds.
+For computational purposes, years are 365 days long and months
+are 30 days long."
+ (+ (if (consp (decoded-time-second time))
+ ;; Fractional second.
+ (/ (float (car (decoded-time-second time)))
+ (cdr (decoded-time-second time)))
+ (or (decoded-time-second time) 0))
+ (* (or (decoded-time-minute time) 0) 60)
+ (* (or (decoded-time-hour time) 0) 60 60)
+ (* (or (decoded-time-day time) 0) 60 60 24)
+ (* (or (decoded-time-month time) 0) 60 60 24 30)
+ (* (or (decoded-time-year time) 0) 60 60 24 365)))
+
(provide 'time-date)
;;; time-date.el ends here