1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc b/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc
index ef2a6900b4..0a76fc1f54 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
@@ -54,6 +56,32 @@ typedef struct {
   char* data;
 } dump_out;
 
+char* gpr_format_timespec(gpr_timespec tm) {
+  char time_buffer[35];
+  char ns_buffer[11];  // '.' + 9 digits of precision
+  struct tm* tm_info = localtime((const time_t*)&tm.tv_sec);
+  strftime(time_buffer, sizeof(time_buffer), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", tm_info);
+  snprintf(ns_buffer, 11, ".%09d", tm.tv_nsec);
+  // This loop trims off trailing zeros by inserting a null character that the
+  // right point. We iterate in chunks of three because we want 0, 3, 6, or 9
+  // fractional digits.
+  for (int i = 7; i >= 1; i -= 3) {
+    if (ns_buffer[i] == '0' && ns_buffer[i + 1] == '0' &&
+        ns_buffer[i + 2] == '0') {
+      ns_buffer[i] = '\0';
+      // Edge case in which all fractional digits were 0.
+      if (i == 1) {
+        ns_buffer[0] = '\0';
+      }
+    } else {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  char* full_time_str;
+  gpr_asprintf(&full_time_str, "%s%sZ", time_buffer, ns_buffer);
+  return full_time_str;
+}
+
 static dump_out dump_out_create(void) {
   dump_out r = {0, 0, nullptr};
   return r;