> What I'm thinking we may want to do is provide a minimal 
> interface--turn the time integer into a string rep or split out into 
> an array, something like:
> 
>      localtime Sx, Iy
>      gmtime Sx, Iy
> 

You almost have to provide at least these, as you have to deal with
how various OS's handle the hardware clock.  Windows insists that the
hardware clock be set to localtime, Solaris and most U*x's insist that
it be set to GMT, while Linus supports setting it to either.  This also
means that the simple second-sense-epoc time() may not be so simple
after all.

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Mark Biggar
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