diff --git a/src/sreport/Makefile.am b/src/sreport/Makefile.am
index a4bf7fccb98431dd184120e564b1488a31b00ba5..787edb2570817e4be61e3f1cc76e57c5c89170c5 100644
--- a/src/sreport/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/sreport/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)
 bin_PROGRAMS = sreport
 
 sreport_SOURCES =	\
-	sreport.c sreport.h	
+	sreport.c sreport.h \
+	cluster_reports.c cluster_reports.h \
+	assoc_reports.c assoc_reports.h	\
+	common.c common.h
 
 sreport_LDADD =  \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.o -ldl \
diff --git a/src/sreport/assoc_reports.c b/src/sreport/assoc_reports.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/src/sreport/assoc_reports.h b/src/sreport/assoc_reports.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/src/sreport/cluster_reports.c b/src/sreport/cluster_reports.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/src/sreport/cluster_reports.h b/src/sreport/cluster_reports.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/src/sreport/common.c b/src/sreport/common.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/src/sreport/common.h b/src/sreport/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/src/sreport/sreport.c b/src/sreport/sreport.c
index c3dfb8223eaf579769e4c88352147e9bd382ddf9..a215f1fb56513f79e4aa0becee8ac91e2b267761 100644
--- a/src/sreport/sreport.c
+++ b/src/sreport/sreport.c
@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@ int one_liner;		/* one record per line if =1 */
 int quiet_flag;		/* quiet=1, verbose=-1, normal=0 */
 int rollback_flag;       /* immediate execute=1, else = 0 */
 int with_assoc_flag = 0;
+sreport_time_format_t time_format = SREPORT_TIME_SECS;
 void *db_conn = NULL;
 uint32_t my_uid = 0;
 
 static int	_get_command (int *argc, char *argv[]);
 static void     _print_version( void );
 static int	_process_command (int argc, char *argv[]);
+static int      _set_time_format(char *format);
 static void	_usage ();
 
 int 
@@ -319,6 +321,15 @@ _process_command (int argc, char *argv[])
 				 argv[0]);
 		}
 		exit_flag = 1;
+	} else if (strncasecmp (argv[0], "time", 1) == 0) {
+		if (argc < 2) {
+			exit_code = 1;
+			fprintf (stderr,
+				 "too few arguments for keyword:%s\n",
+				 argv[0]);
+		}		
+		_set_time_format(argv[1]);
+		quiet_flag = -1;
 	} else if (strncasecmp (argv[0], "verbose", 4) == 0) {
 		if (argc > 1) {
 			exit_code = 1;
@@ -343,6 +354,27 @@ _process_command (int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int _set_time_format(char *format)
+{
+	if (strncasecmp (format, "SecPer", 6) == 0) {
+		time_format = SREPORT_TIME_SECS_PER;
+	} else if (strncasecmp (format, "Sec", 1) == 0) {
+		time_format = SREPORT_TIME_SECS;
+	} else if (strncasecmp (format, "FormattedPer", 12) == 0) {
+		time_format = SREPORT_TIME_FORMATTED_PER;
+	} else if (strncasecmp (format, "Formatted", 1) == 0) {
+		time_format = SREPORT_TIME_FORMATTED;
+	} else if (strncasecmp (format, "Percent", 1) == 0) {
+		time_format = SREPORT_TIME_PERCENT;
+	} else {
+		fprintf (stderr, "unknown time format %s", format);	
+		return SLURM_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
 /* _usage - show the valid sreport commands */
 void _usage () {
 	printf ("\
diff --git a/src/sreport/sreport.h b/src/sreport/sreport.h
index 034f03e5cd37c11cf96bf3ee69cecb355b862824..67880acf45d4fdd44d00c0d058109d0f4e33597f 100644
--- a/src/sreport/sreport.h
+++ b/src/sreport/sreport.h
@@ -85,4 +85,14 @@
 #define CKPT_WAIT	10
 #define	MAX_INPUT_FIELDS 128
 
+typedef enum {
+	SREPORT_TIME_SECS,
+	SREPORT_TIME_PERCENT,
+	SREPORT_TIME_FORMATTED,
+	SREPORT_TIME_SECS_PER,
+	SREPORT_TIME_FORMATTED_PER
+} sreport_time_format_t;
+
+extern sreport_time_format_t time_format;
+
 #endif /* HAVE_SREPORT_H */