1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 7a2da7ef556e..b9e2843cfbe7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -701,3 +701,20 @@ bool is_regular_file(const char *file)
 
 	return S_ISREG(st.st_mode);
 }
+
+int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	struct tm tm;
+	char dt[32];
+
+	if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) || !localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!strftime(dt, sizeof(dt), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	scnprintf(buf, sz, "%s%02u", dt, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec / 10000);
+
+	return 0;
+}