qglobal timers

[c0ncrete]

would there be an efficient way to expose the time left for a specific qglobal to perl without using a database query (e.g. an additional c++ to perl interface)?

i'm attempting to sort out a way to handle setting multiple lockout timers to a new value. i need to make sure i skip timers that have more than the new value remaining, but extend the ones that have less than the new value remaining (or don't exist at all).

is my best option to include a timestamp for the lockout in the value field along with the areas the client is locked out of?