Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:28:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Richard Sanders <richard AT stardate DOT bc DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: unix time & date
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On 5 Mar 1998, Richard Sanders wrote:

> I found the function mktime() to convert the time and date to elapsed seconds 
> since 1/1/1970.  I can't seem to find a function to go the other way. Is there 
> one?  What is it called?

Use either `localtime' or `gmtime', depending upon your needs.
 
> My email address is richard AT stardate DOT bc DOT ca

Then why don't you put it into your From: or Reply-to: header, so people 
could have their mailers type it for them?