4 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index fedcf4d..ae699d6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 * don't require space between era suffix and year -- "100AD" is as good as "100 AD"
 ## 1.0.1
 * removing some documentation
+## 1.0.2
+* added `msg` method to `TimeError`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1d145a8..9dadea0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "two_timer"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index baf6f4d..55f896a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "two_timer"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 authors = ["dfhoughton <dfhoughton@gmail.com>"]
 description="parser for English time expressions"
 homepage="https://github.com/dfhoughton/two-timer"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cdd6e8a..3b345e7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ use pidgin::{Grammar, Match, Matcher};
 use regex::Regex;
 
 lazy_static! {
-    // making this public is useful for testing, but best to keep it hidden to 
+    // making this public is useful for testing, but best to keep it hidden to
     // limit complexity and commitment
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub static ref GRAMMAR: Grammar = grammar!{
@@ -402,6 +402,19 @@ pub enum TimeError {
     NoPayPeriod(String),
 }
 
+impl TimeError {
+    /// Extracts error message.
+    pub fn msg(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            TimeError::Parse(s) => s.as_ref(),
+            TimeError::Misordered(s) => s.as_ref(),
+            TimeError::ImpossibleDate(s) => s.as_ref(),
+            TimeError::Weekday(s) => s.as_ref(),
+            TimeError::NoPayPeriod(s) => s.as_ref(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Converts a time expression into a pair or timestamps and a boolean indicating whether
 /// the expression was literally a range, such as "9 to 11", as opposed to "9 AM", say.
 ///