src/java.base/share/classes/java/time/OffsetTime.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -1230,10 +1230,24 @@
         long nod = time.toNanoOfDay();
         long offsetNanos = offset.getTotalSeconds() * NANOS_PER_SECOND;
         return nod - offsetNanos;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts this {@code OffsetTime} to the number of seconds since the epoch
+     * of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.
+     * <p>
+     * This returns the number of seconds from the epoch for this {@link OffsetTime}.
+     *
+     * @return the number of seconds since the epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z, may be negative
+     */
+    public int toEpochSecond() {
+        int secs = time.toSecondOfDay();
+        secs -= offset.getTotalSeconds();
+        return secs;
+    }
+
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
      * Compares this {@code OffsetTime} to another time.
      * <p>
      * The comparison is based first on the UTC equivalent instant, then on the local time.