1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/time-util.c b/src/basic/time-util.c
index 510f018d9b..0b4f5ab5b9 100644
--- a/src/basic/time-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/time-util.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ int dual_timestamp_deserialize(const char *value, dual_timestamp *t) {
         assert(t);
 
         if (sscanf(value, "%llu %llu", &a, &b) != 2) {
-                log_debug("Failed to parse finish timestamp value %s.", value);
+                log_debug("Failed to parse dual timestamp value \"%s\": %m", value);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
@@ -459,6 +459,18 @@ int dual_timestamp_deserialize(const char *value, dual_timestamp *t) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+int timestamp_deserialize(const char *value, usec_t *timestamp) {
+        int r;
+
+        assert(value);
+
+        r = safe_atou64(value, timestamp);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to parse timestamp value \"%s\": %m", value);
+
+        return r;
+}
+
 int parse_timestamp(const char *t, usec_t *usec) {
         static const struct {
                 const char *name;