perf tools: Add time-based utility functions

Add function to parse a user time string of the form <start>,<stop>
where start and stop are time in sec.nsec format. Both start and stop
times are optional.

Add function to determine if a sample time is within a given time
time window of interest.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480439746-42695-2-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f3e0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef _TIME_UTILS_H_
+#define _TIME_UTILS_H_
+
+struct perf_time_interval {
+	u64 start, end;
+};
+
+int perf_time__parse_str(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, const char *ostr);
+
+bool perf_time__skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, u64 timestamp);
+
+#endif