diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageTimer.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageTimer.cpp
index a4936640d8..0c3d014e1a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageTimer.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageTimer.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,23 @@ float RageTimer::GetDeltaTime()
 	return diff;
 }
 
+/* Get a timer representing half of the time ago as this one.  This is
+ * useful for averaging time.  For example,
+ * 
+ * RageTimer tm;
+ * ... do stuff ...
+ * RageTimer AverageTime = tm.Half();
+ * printf("Something happened between now and tm; the average time is %f.\n", tm.Ago());
+ * tm.Touch();
+ */
+RageTimer RageTimer::Half() const
+{
+	const RageTimer now;
+	const float ProbableDelay = -(now - *this) / 2;
+	return *this + ProbableDelay;
+}
+
+
 RageTimer RageTimer::operator+(float tm) const
 {
 	return Sum(*this, tm);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageTimer.h b/stepmania/src/RageTimer.h
index 83056ee670..3310708b05 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageTimer.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageTimer.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ public:
 	/* deprecated: */
 	static float GetTimeSinceStart();	// seconds since the program was started
 
+	/* Get a timer representing half of the time ago as this one. */
+	RageTimer Half() const;
+
 	/* Add (or subtract) a duration from a timestamp.  The result is another timestamp. */
 	RageTimer operator+(float tm) const;