diff --git a/util/time/duration.go b/util/time/duration.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da10d5f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/time/duration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package time
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Duration int64
+
+func ParseDuration(s string) (time.Duration, error) {
+	if s == "" {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf(`time: invalid duration "` + s + `"`)
+	}
+
+	//var sb strings.Builder
+	/*
+		for i, r := range s {
+			switch r {
+			case 'd':
+				n, err := strconv.Atoi(s[idx:i])
+				if err != nil {
+					return 0, errors.New("time: invalid duration " + s)
+				}
+				s[idx:i] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", n*24)
+			default:
+				sb.WriteRune(r)
+			}
+		}
+	*/
+	var td time.Duration
+	var err error
+	switch s[len(s)-1] {
+	case 's', 'm', 'h':
+		td, err = time.ParseDuration(s)
+	case 'd':
+		if td, err = time.ParseDuration(s[:len(s)-1] + "h"); err == nil {
+			td *= 24
+		}
+	case 'y':
+		if td, err = time.ParseDuration(s[:len(s)-1] + "h"); err == nil {
+			year := time.Date(time.Now().Year(), time.December, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
+			days := year.YearDay()
+			td *= 24 * time.Duration(days)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return td, err
+}
diff --git a/util/time/duration_test.go b/util/time/duration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8c2d6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/time/duration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package time
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestParseDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	var td time.Duration
+	var err error
+
+	td, err = ParseDuration("14d4h")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseDuration error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if td.String() != "336h0m0s" {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseDuration 14d != 336h0m0s : %s", td.String())
+	}
+
+	td, err = ParseDuration("1y")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseDuration error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if td.String() != "8760h0m0s" {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseDuration 1y != 8760h0m0s : %s", td.String())
+	}
+}