*     attribute, like NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE.
  * @NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM: current station's view of BSS, nested attribute
  *     containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_sta_bss_param
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME: time since the station is last connected
  * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal
  * @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute
  */
        NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG,
        NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BITRATE,
        NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM,
+       NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME,
 
        /* keep last */
        __NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
 
  * @STATION_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG: @signal_avg filled
  * @STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE: @rxrate fields are filled
  * @STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM: @bss_param filled
+ * @STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME: @connected_time filled
  */
 enum station_info_flags {
        STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME      = 1<<0,
        STATION_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG         = 1<<13,
        STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE         = 1<<14,
        STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM          = 1<<15,
+       STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME     = 1<<16
 };
 
 /**
  * Station information filled by driver for get_station() and dump_station.
  *
  * @filled: bitflag of flags from &enum station_info_flags
+ * @connected_time: time(in secs) since a station is last connected
  * @inactive_time: time since last station activity (tx/rx) in milliseconds
  * @rx_bytes: bytes received from this station
  * @tx_bytes: bytes transmitted to this station
  */
 struct station_info {
        u32 filled;
+       u32 connected_time;
        u32 inactive_time;
        u32 rx_bytes;
        u32 tx_bytes;
 
 static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
 {
        struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
+       struct timespec uptime;
 
        sinfo->generation = sdata->local->sta_generation;
 
                        STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE |
                        STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE |
                        STATION_INFO_RX_DROP_MISC |
-                       STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM;
+                       STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM |
+                       STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME;
+
+       do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
+       sinfo->connected_time = uptime.tv_sec - sta->last_connected;
 
        sinfo->inactive_time = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - sta->last_rx);
        sinfo->rx_bytes = sta->rx_bytes;
 
 }
 STA_OPS(inactive_ms);
 
+
+static ssize_t sta_connected_time_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
+                                       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       struct sta_info *sta = file->private_data;
+       struct timespec uptime;
+       struct tm result;
+       long connected_time_secs;
+       char buf[100];
+       int res;
+       do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
+       connected_time_secs = uptime.tv_sec - sta->last_connected;
+       time_to_tm(connected_time_secs, 0, &result);
+       result.tm_year -= 70;
+       result.tm_mday -= 1;
+       res = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+               "years  - %d\nmonths - %d\ndays   - %d\nclock  - %d:%d:%d\n\n",
+                       result.tm_year, result.tm_mon, result.tm_mday,
+                       result.tm_hour, result.tm_min, result.tm_sec);
+       return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, res);
+}
+STA_OPS(connected_time);
+
+
+
 static ssize_t sta_last_seq_ctrl_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
                                      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
        DEBUGFS_ADD(flags);
        DEBUGFS_ADD(num_ps_buf_frames);
        DEBUGFS_ADD(inactive_ms);
+       DEBUGFS_ADD(connected_time);
        DEBUGFS_ADD(last_seq_ctrl);
        DEBUGFS_ADD(agg_status);
        DEBUGFS_ADD(dev);
 
 {
        struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
        struct sta_info *sta;
+       struct timespec uptime;
        int i;
 
        sta = kzalloc(sizeof(*sta) + local->hw.sta_data_size, gfp);
        sta->sdata = sdata;
        sta->last_rx = jiffies;
 
+       do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
+       sta->last_connected = uptime.tv_sec;
        ewma_init(&sta->avg_signal, 1024, 8);
 
        if (sta_prepare_rate_control(local, sta, gfp)) {
 
  * @rx_bytes: Number of bytes received from this STA
  * @wep_weak_iv_count: number of weak WEP IVs received from this station
  * @last_rx: time (in jiffies) when last frame was received from this STA
+ * @last_connected: time (in seconds) when a station got connected
  * @num_duplicates: number of duplicate frames received from this STA
  * @rx_fragments: number of received MPDUs
  * @rx_dropped: number of dropped MPDUs from this STA
        unsigned long rx_packets, rx_bytes;
        unsigned long wep_weak_iv_count;
        unsigned long last_rx;
+       long last_connected;
        unsigned long num_duplicates;
        unsigned long rx_fragments;
        unsigned long rx_dropped;
 
        sinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO);
        if (!sinfoattr)
                goto nla_put_failure;
+       if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME)
+               NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME,
+                           sinfo->connected_time);
        if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME)
                NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME,
                            sinfo->inactive_time);