--- a/src/core/ngx_times.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_times.c
@@ -291,3 +291,42 @@ ngx_gmtime(time_t t, ngx_tm_t *tp)
     tp->ngx_tm_year = (ngx_tm_year_t) year;
     tp->ngx_tm_wday = (ngx_tm_wday_t) wday;
 }
+
+
+time_t
+ngx_next_time(time_t when)
+{
+    time_t     now, next;
+    struct tm  tm;
+
+    now = ngx_time();
+
+    ngx_libc_localtime(now, &tm);
+
+    tm.tm_hour = (int) (when / 3600);
+    when %= 3600;
+    tm.tm_min = (int) (when / 60);
+    tm.tm_sec = (int) (when % 60);
+
+    next = mktime(&tm);
+
+    if (next == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (next - now > 0) {
+        return next;
+    }
+
+    tm.tm_mday++;
+
+    /* mktime() should normalize a date (Jan 32, etc) */
+
+    next = mktime(&tm);
+
+    if (next != -1) {
+        return next;
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+}