diff --git a/tools/development/mpeg_ts_timestamp_conversion.pl b/tools/development/mpeg_ts_timestamp_conversion.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..707ea1d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/development/mpeg_ts_timestamp_conversion.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+sub fmt {
+  my ($orig, $direction, $ts) = @_;
+
+  my $seconds = int($ts / 1_000_000_000);
+
+  printf "%d %s MPEG is %02d:%02d:%02d.%09d\n", $orig, $direction, int($seconds / 3_600), int($seconds / 60) % 60, $seconds % 60, $ts % 1_000_000_000;
+}
+
+my $direction = 'from';
+
+foreach my $arg (@ARGV) {
+  if ($arg =~ m{^(f|from)$}) {
+    $direction = 'from';
+
+  } if ($arg =~ m{^(t|to)$}) {
+    $direction = 'to';
+
+  } elsif ($direction eq 'from') {
+    fmt($arg, $direction, int($arg * 100_000 / 9));
+
+  } else {
+    fmt($arg, $direction, int($arg * 9 / 100_000));
+  }
+}