diff -Nur mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/client/mysql_priv.h mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/client/mysql_priv.h
--- mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/client/mysql_priv.h	2006-08-22 23:09:20.000000000 -0700
+++ mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/client/mysql_priv.h	2006-09-25 19:36:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@
   External variables
 */
 
-extern time_t start_time;
+extern time_t start_time, flush_status_time;
 extern char *mysql_data_home,server_version[SERVER_VERSION_LENGTH],
 	    mysql_real_data_home[], *opt_mysql_tmpdir, mysql_charsets_dir[],
             def_ft_boolean_syntax[sizeof(ft_boolean_syntax)];
diff -Nur mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/mysqld.cc mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/mysqld.cc
--- mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/mysqld.cc	2006-08-22 23:09:17.000000000 -0700
+++ mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/mysqld.cc	2006-09-25 19:43:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
 ulong rpl_recovery_rank=0;
 
 double log_10[32];			/* 10 potences */
-time_t start_time;
+time_t start_time, flush_status_time;
 
 char mysql_home[FN_REFLEN], pidfile_name[FN_REFLEN], system_time_zone[30];
 char *default_tz_name;
@@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@
   tzset();			// Set tzname
 
   max_system_variables.pseudo_thread_id= (ulong)~0;
-  start_time=time((time_t*) 0);
+  start_time= flush_status_time= time((time_t*) 0);
   if (init_thread_environment())
     return 1;
   mysql_init_variables();
@@ -6214,6 +6214,7 @@
   {"Threads_created",	       (char*) &thread_created,		SHOW_LONG_CONST},
   {"Threads_running",          (char*) &thread_running,         SHOW_INT_CONST},
   {"Uptime",                   (char*) 0,                       SHOW_STARTTIME},
+  {"Uptime_since_flush_status",(char*) 0,                       SHOW_FLUSHTIME},
   {NullS, NullS, SHOW_LONG}
 };
 
@@ -7478,6 +7479,7 @@
   }
   /* Reset the counters of all key caches (default and named). */
   process_key_caches(reset_key_cache_counters);
+  flush_status_time= time((time_t*) 0);
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&LOCK_status);
 
   /*
diff -Nur mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/mysql_priv.h mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/mysql_priv.h
--- mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/mysql_priv.h	2006-08-22 23:09:20.000000000 -0700
+++ mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/mysql_priv.h	2006-09-25 19:36:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@
   External variables
 */
 
-extern time_t start_time;
+extern time_t start_time, flush_status_time;
 extern char *mysql_data_home,server_version[SERVER_VERSION_LENGTH],
 	    mysql_real_data_home[], *opt_mysql_tmpdir, mysql_charsets_dir[],
             def_ft_boolean_syntax[sizeof(ft_boolean_syntax)];
diff -Nur mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/sql_show.cc mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/sql_show.cc
--- mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/sql_show.cc	2006-08-22 23:09:18.000000000 -0700
+++ mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/sql_show.cc	2006-09-25 19:44:46.000000000 -0700
@@ -1492,6 +1492,10 @@
           nr= (long) (thd->query_start() - start_time);
           end= int10_to_str(nr, buff, 10);
           break;
+        case SHOW_FLUSHTIME:
+          nr= (long) (thd->query_start() - flush_status_time);
+          end= int10_to_str(nr, buff, 10);
+          break;
         case SHOW_QUESTION:
           end= int10_to_str((long) thd->query_id, buff, 10);
           break;
diff -Nur mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/structs.h mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/structs.h
--- mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.orig/sql/structs.h	2006-08-22 23:09:18.000000000 -0700
+++ mysql-5.0.25-nightly-20060823.flush_status_time/sql/structs.h	2006-09-25 19:40:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@
   SHOW_UNDEF,
   SHOW_LONG, SHOW_LONGLONG, SHOW_INT, SHOW_CHAR, SHOW_CHAR_PTR, 
   SHOW_DOUBLE_STATUS,
-  SHOW_BOOL, SHOW_MY_BOOL, SHOW_OPENTABLES, SHOW_STARTTIME, SHOW_QUESTION,
-  SHOW_LONG_CONST, SHOW_INT_CONST, SHOW_HAVE, SHOW_SYS, SHOW_HA_ROWS,
-  SHOW_VARS,
+  SHOW_BOOL, SHOW_MY_BOOL, SHOW_OPENTABLES, SHOW_STARTTIME, SHOW_FLUSHTIME,
+  SHOW_QUESTION, SHOW_LONG_CONST, SHOW_INT_CONST, SHOW_HAVE, SHOW_SYS, 
+  SHOW_HA_ROWS, SHOW_VARS,
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
   SHOW_SSL_CTX_SESS_ACCEPT, 	SHOW_SSL_CTX_SESS_ACCEPT_GOOD,
   SHOW_SSL_GET_VERSION, 	SHOW_SSL_CTX_GET_SESSION_CACHE_MODE,