diff --git a/include/emptime.h b/include/emptime.h
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+/*
+ *  Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.
+ *  Copyright (C) 1986-2011, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
+ *                Ken Stevens, Steve McClure, Markus Armbruster
+ *
+ *  Empire is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  ---
+ *
+ *  See files README, COPYING and CREDITS in the root of the source
+ *  tree for related information and legal notices.  It is expected
+ *  that future projects/authors will amend these files as needed.
+ *
+ *  ---
+ *
+ *  emptime.h: Time functions for regression testing
+ *
+ *  Known contributors to this file:
+ *     Ron Koenderink, 2008
+ *     Markus Armbruster, 2012
+ */
+
+#ifndef EMPTIME_H
+#define EMPTIME_H
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+extern time_t emp_time(time_t *, const char []);
+extern int emp_gettimeofday(struct timeval *, void *);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/lib/gen/emptime.c b/src/lib/gen/emptime.c
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+/*
+ *  Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.
+ *  Copyright (C) 1986-2011, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
+ *                Ken Stevens, Steve McClure, Markus Armbruster
+ *
+ *  Empire is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  ---
+ *
+ *  See files README, COPYING and CREDITS in the root of the source
+ *  tree for related information and legal notices.  It is expected
+ *  that future projects/authors will amend these files as needed.
+ *
+ *  ---
+ *
+ *  emptime.c: Time functions for regression testing
+ *
+ *  Known contributors to this file:
+ *     Ron Koenderink, 2008
+ *     Markus Armbruster, 2012
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "emptime.h"
+
+static time_t now = (time_t)100L;
+
+time_t
+emp_time(time_t * time_ptr, const char function[])
+{
+    if (strcmp(function, "update_main") == 0)
+	now += 100L;
+
+    if (time_ptr != NULL)
+	*time_ptr = now;
+
+    return now;
+}
+
+int
+emp_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz)
+{
+    if (tv) {
+	tv->tv_sec = now;
+	tv->tv_usec = 0;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}