diff --git a/src/Record.cpp b/src/Record.cpp
index 45fe7d32a..df7977a6e 100644
--- a/src/Record.cpp
+++ b/src/Record.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,16 @@ time_t Record::get_date (const std::string& name) const
   return 0;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+time_t Record::get_duration (const std::string& name) const
+{
+  Record::const_iterator i = this->find (name);
+  if (i != this->end ())
+    return (time_t) strtoul (i->second.value ().c_str (), NULL, 10);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void Record::set (const std::string& name, const std::string& value)
 {
diff --git a/src/Record.h b/src/Record.h
index 61586f47c..93fbc0820 100644
--- a/src/Record.h
+++ b/src/Record.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
   int get_int (const std::string&) const;
   unsigned long get_ulong (const std::string&) const;
   time_t get_date (const std::string&) const;
+  time_t get_duration (const std::string&) const;
   void set (const std::string&, const std::string&);
   void set (const std::string&, int);
   void remove (const std::string&);