diff --git a/commands/checktime.c b/commands/checktime.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e3d0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/checktime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* checktime.c - command to test current date/time. */
+/*
+ * GRUB -- GRand Unified Bootloader
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with GRUB. If not, see .
+ */
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+static grub_err_t
+grub_cmd_checktime (struct grub_arg_list *state __attribute__ ((unused)),
+ int argc, char **args)
+{
+ int day, month, year, sec, min, hour, dow, i;
+ int limit[5][2] = {{0, 59}, {0, 23}, {1, 31}, {1, 12}, {0, 7}};
+ int field[5];
+
+ auto int get_day_of_week (void);
+ int get_day_of_week (void)
+ {
+ int a, y, m;
+
+ a = (14 - month) / 12;
+ y = year - a;
+ m = month + 12 * a - 2;
+ return (day + y + y / 4 - y / 100 + y / 400 + (31 * m / 12)) % 7;
+ }
+
+ if ((grub_get_date (&year, &month, &day)) ||
+ (grub_get_time (&hour, &min, &sec)))
+ return grub_errno;
+
+ dow = get_day_of_week ();
+
+ field[0] = min;
+ field[1] = hour;
+ field[2] = day;
+ field[3] = month;
+ field[4] = dow;
+
+ if (argc == 0)
+ {
+ grub_printf ("%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d %d\n",
+ year, month, day, hour, min, sec, dow);
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+ {
+ char *p;
+ int ok = 0;
+
+ if (i >= argc)
+ return 0;
+
+ p = args[i];
+ while (1)
+ {
+ int m1, m2, m3, j;
+
+ if (*p == '*')
+ {
+ m1 = limit[i][0];
+ m2 = limit[i][1];
+ p++;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ m1 = grub_strtoul (p, &p, 0);
+
+ if (*p == '-')
+ {
+ p++;
+ m2 = grub_strtoul (p, &p, 0);
+ }
+ else
+ m2 = m1;
+ }
+
+ if ((m1 < limit[i][0]) || (m2 > limit[i][1]) || (m1 > m2))
+ break;
+
+ if (*p == '/')
+ {
+ p++;
+ m3 = grub_strtoul (p, &p, 0);
+ }
+ else
+ m3 = 1;
+
+ for (j = m1; j <= m2; j+= m3)
+ {
+ if (j == field[i])
+ {
+ ok = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (ok)
+ break;
+
+ if (*p == ',')
+ p++;
+ else
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (! ok)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return (i == 5) ? 0 : grub_error (GRUB_ERR_TEST_FAILURE, "false");
+}
+
+GRUB_MOD_INIT(checktime)
+{
+ (void) mod; /* To stop warning. */
+ grub_register_command ("checktime", grub_cmd_checktime,
+ GRUB_COMMAND_FLAG_BOTH,
+ "checktime min hour day_of_month month day_of_week",
+ "Command to test current date/time.", 0);
+}
+
+GRUB_MOD_FINI(checktime)
+{
+ grub_unregister_command ("checktime");
+}
diff --git a/conf/i386-pc.rmk b/conf/i386-pc.rmk
index c1e4ac4..f383160 100644
--- a/conf/i386-pc.rmk
+++ b/conf/i386-pc.rmk
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pkglib_MODULES = biosdisk.mod _chain.mod _linux.mod linux.mod normal.mod \
vbe.mod vbetest.mod vbeinfo.mod video.mod gfxterm.mod \
videotest.mod play.mod bitmap.mod tga.mod cpuid.mod serial.mod \
ata.mod vga.mod memdisk.mod jpeg.mod png.mod pci.mod lspci.mod \
- aout.mod _bsd.mod bsd.mod pxe.mod pxecmd.mod
+ aout.mod _bsd.mod bsd.mod pxe.mod pxecmd.mod chktime.mod
# For biosdisk.mod.
biosdisk_mod_SOURCES = disk/i386/pc/biosdisk.c
@@ -340,4 +340,9 @@ pxecmd_mod_SOURCES = commands/i386/pc/pxecmd.c
pxecmd_mod_CFLAGS = $(COMMON_CFLAGS)
pxecmd_mod_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS)
+# For chktime.mod
+chktime_mod_SOURCES = commands/checktime.c kern/i386/datetime.c
+chktime_mod_CFLAGS = $(COMMON_CFLAGS)
+chktime_mod_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS)
+
include $(srcdir)/conf/common.mk
diff --git a/include/grub/datetime.h b/include/grub/datetime.h
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b8f62b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/grub/datetime.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * GRUB -- GRand Unified Bootloader
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with GRUB. If not, see .
+ */
+
+#ifndef KERNEL_DATETIME_HEADER
+#define KERNEL_DATETIME_HEADER 1
+
+#include
+
+/* Return date and time. */
+grub_err_t grub_get_date (int *year, int *month, int *day);
+grub_err_t grub_get_time (int *hour, int *minute, int *second);
+
+#endif /* ! KERNEL_DATETIME_HEADER */
diff --git a/include/grub/i386/cmos.h b/include/grub/i386/cmos.h
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4e3304c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/grub/i386/cmos.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * GRUB -- GRand Unified Bootloader
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with GRUB. If not, see .
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRUB_CPU_CMOS_H
+#define GRUB_CPU_CMOS_H 1
+
+#include
+#include
+
+#define GRUB_CMOS_ADDR_REG 0x70
+#define GRUB_CMOS_DATA_REG 0x71
+
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_SECONDS 0
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_SECOND_ALARM 1
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_MINUTES 2
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_MINUTE_ALARM 3
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_HOURS 4
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_HOUR_ALARM 5
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_DAY_OF_WEEK 6
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_DAY_OF_MONTH 7
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_MONTH 8
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_YEAR 9
+
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_STATUS_A 0xA
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_STATUS_B 0xB
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_STATUS_C 0xC
+#define GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_STATUS_D 0xD
+
+#define GRUB_CMOS_STATUS_B_DAYLIGHT 1
+#define GRUB_CMOS_STATUS_B_24HOUR 2
+#define GRUB_CMOS_STATUS_B_BINARY 4
+
+static inline grub_uint8_t
+grub_bcd_to_num (grub_uint8_t a)
+{
+ return ((a >> 4) * 10 + (a & 0xF));
+}
+
+static inline grub_uint8_t
+grub_cmos_read (grub_uint8_t index)
+{
+ grub_outb (index, GRUB_CMOS_ADDR_REG);
+ return grub_inb (GRUB_CMOS_DATA_REG);
+}
+
+#endif /* GRUB_CPU_PCI_H */
diff --git a/kern/i386/datetime.c b/kern/i386/datetime.c
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4170cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kern/i386/datetime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/* kern/i386/datetime.c - x86 CMOS datetime access function.
+ *
+ * GRUB -- GRand Unified Bootloader
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with GRUB. If not, see .
+ */
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+grub_err_t
+grub_get_date (int *year, int *month, int *day)
+{
+ int is_bcd;
+ grub_uint8_t value;
+
+ is_bcd = ! (grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_STATUS_B) &
+ GRUB_CMOS_STATUS_B_BINARY);
+
+ if (year)
+ {
+ value = grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_YEAR);
+ if (is_bcd)
+ value = grub_bcd_to_num (value);
+
+ *year = value;
+ *year += (value < 80) ? 2000 : 1900;
+ }
+
+ if (month)
+ {
+ value = grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_MONTH);
+ if (is_bcd)
+ value = grub_bcd_to_num (value);
+
+ *month = value;
+ }
+
+ if (day)
+ {
+ value = grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_DAY_OF_MONTH);
+ if (is_bcd)
+ value = grub_bcd_to_num (value);
+
+ *day = value;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+grub_err_t
+grub_get_time (int *hour, int *minute, int *second)
+{
+ int is_bcd;
+ grub_uint8_t value;
+
+ is_bcd = ! (grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_STATUS_B) &
+ GRUB_CMOS_STATUS_B_BINARY);
+
+
+ if (hour)
+ {
+ int is_12hour;
+
+ is_12hour = ! (grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_STATUS_B) &
+ GRUB_CMOS_STATUS_B_24HOUR);
+
+ value = grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_HOURS);
+ if (is_12hour)
+ {
+ is_12hour = (value & 0x80);
+ value &= 0x7F;
+ }
+
+ if (is_bcd)
+ value = grub_bcd_to_num (value);
+
+ if (is_12hour)
+ value += 12;
+
+ *hour = value;
+ }
+
+ if (minute)
+ {
+ value = grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_MINUTES);
+ if (is_bcd)
+ value = grub_bcd_to_num (value);
+
+ *minute = value;
+ }
+
+ if (second)
+ {
+ value = grub_cmos_read (GRUB_CMOS_INDEX_SECONDS);
+ if (is_bcd)
+ value = grub_bcd_to_num (value);
+
+ *second = value;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}