diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 6e4084edddc9b3f4a9fa7a7a667ce717724dcfd1..3d23133ac1856f632754a3f0800fe842426d3e27 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+Version 1.46  2020-12-28
+  * add function get_time_item_from_conf_ex
+
 Version 1.45  2020-12-24
   * add function uniq_skiplist_find_node_ex
   * use readdir instead of readdir_r in Linux
diff --git a/src/shared_func.c b/src/shared_func.c
index 56dd6d5dea134f49c2ed63a4052eaff2d3ed774c..947e811f6708d616fb253185d1243375c6d778f9 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.c
+++ b/src/shared_func.c
@@ -2220,8 +2220,20 @@ int set_rand_seed()
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int get_time_item_from_conf(IniContext *pIniContext, \
-		const char *item_name, TimeInfo *pTimeInfo, \
+int get_time_item_from_conf_ex(IniFullContext *ini_ctx,
+		const char *item_name, TimeInfo *pTimeInfo,
+		const byte default_hour, const byte default_minute,
+        const bool bRetryGlobal)
+{
+    char *pValue;
+    pValue = iniGetStrValueEx(ini_ctx->section_name, item_name,
+            ini_ctx->context, bRetryGlobal);
+    return get_time_item_from_str(pValue, item_name, pTimeInfo,
+            default_hour, default_minute);
+}
+
+int get_time_item_from_conf(IniContext *pIniContext,
+		const char *item_name, TimeInfo *pTimeInfo,
 		const byte default_hour, const byte default_minute)
 {
 	char *pValue;
@@ -2251,8 +2263,8 @@ int get_time_item_from_str(const char *pValue, const char *item_name,
     count = sscanf(pValue, "%d:%d:%d", &hour, &minute, &second);
 	if (count != 2 && count != 3)
 	{
-		logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, " \
-			"item \"%s\" 's value \"%s\" is not an valid time", \
+		logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
+			"item \"%s\" 's value \"%s\" is not an valid time",
 			__LINE__, item_name, pValue);
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2260,8 +2272,8 @@ int get_time_item_from_str(const char *pValue, const char *item_name,
 	if ((hour < 0 || hour > 23) || (minute < 0 || minute > 59)
              || (second < 0 || second > 59))
 	{
-		logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, " \
-			"item \"%s\" 's value \"%s\" is not an valid time", \
+		logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
+			"item \"%s\" 's value \"%s\" is not an valid time",
 			__LINE__, item_name, pValue);
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/src/shared_func.h b/src/shared_func.h
index 6b356b4da4ad0c89e69f8e7407d10407c6781e94..0d691c63490cc9e0db989efd1c5d46c6fae462d3 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.h
+++ b/src/shared_func.h
@@ -519,6 +519,22 @@ void set_log_level(char *pLogLevel);
 int load_allow_hosts(IniContext *pIniContext, \
 		in_addr_t **allow_ip_addrs, int *allow_ip_count);
 
+
+/** get time item from config context
+ *  parameters:
+ *  	ini_ctx: the full ini context
+ *  	item_name: item name in config file, time format as hour:minute, such as 15:25
+ *  	pTimeInfo: store time info
+ *  	default_hour: default hour value
+ *  	default_minute: default minute value
+ *  	bRetryGlobal: if fetch from global section when the item not exist
+ *  return: error no , 0 success, != 0 fail
+*/
+int get_time_item_from_conf_ex(IniFullContext *ini_ctx,
+		const char *item_name, TimeInfo *pTimeInfo,
+		const byte default_hour, const byte default_minute,
+        const bool bRetryGlobal);
+
 /** get time item from config context
  *  parameters:
  *  	pIniContext: the config context