+#if wxUSE_THREADS
+static wxMutex timeLock;
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
+struct tm *wxLocaltime_r(const time_t* ticks, struct tm* temp)
+{
+#if wxUSE_THREADS && !defined(__WINDOWS__)
+ // No need to waste time with a mutex on windows since it's using
+ // thread local storage for localtime anyway.
+ wxMutexLocker locker(timeLock);
+#endif
+ memcpy(temp, localtime(ticks), sizeof(struct tm));
+ return temp;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_GMTIME_R
+struct tm *wxGmtime_r(const time_t* ticks, struct tm* temp)
+{
+#if wxUSE_THREADS && !defined(__WINDOWS__)
+ // No need to waste time with a mutex on windows since it's
+ // using thread local storage for gmtime anyway.
+ wxMutexLocker locker(timeLock);
+#endif
+ memcpy(temp, gmtime(ticks), sizeof(struct tm));
+ return temp;
+}
+#endif
+