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lib/rex/time.rb

@@ -30,30 +30,5 @@ module Rex
 
       str.empty? ? "0 secs" : str.strip
     end
-
-    #
-    # Converts a string in the form n years g days x hours y mins z secs.
-    #
-    def self.str_to_sec(str)
-      fields = str.split
-      secs   = 0
-
-      fields.each_with_index do |f, idx|
-        case f
-        when 'year', 'years'
-          secs += 31536000 * fields[idx - 1].to_i
-        when 'day', 'days'
-          secs += 86400 * fields[idx - 1].to_i
-        when 'hour', 'hours'
-          secs += 3600 * fields[idx - 1].to_i
-        when 'min', 'mins'
-          secs += 60 * fields[idx - 1].to_i
-        when 'sec', 'secs'
-          secs += 1 * fields[idx - 1].to_i
-        end
-      end
-
-      secs
-    end
   end
 end