1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/util/filters.go b/pkg/util/filters.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf16f89e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/filters.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/timetype"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// ComputeUntilTimestamp extracts unitil timestamp from filters
+func ComputeUntilTimestamp(filter string, filterValues []string) (time.Time, error) {
+	invalid := time.Time{}
+	if len(filterValues) != 1 {
+		return invalid, errors.Errorf("specify exactly one timestamp for %s", filter)
+	}
+	ts, err := timetype.GetTimestamp(filterValues[0], time.Now())
+	if err != nil {
+		return invalid, err
+	}
+	seconds, nanoseconds, err := timetype.ParseTimestamps(ts, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return invalid, err
+	}
+	return time.Unix(seconds, nanoseconds), nil
+}