--- /src/libical/icaltime.h
+++ /src/libical/icaltime.h
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@
                                                                       const int is_date,
                                                                       const icaltimezone *zone);
 
+/** Backwards compatibility API. */
+static inline struct icaltimetype icaltime_from_timet(const time_t tm,
+                                                                      const int is_date)
+{
+		  return icaltime_from_timet_with_zone(tm, is_date, NULL);
+}
+
 /** create a time from an ISO format string */
 LIBICAL_ICAL_EXPORT struct icaltimetype icaltime_from_string(const char *str);