handling dates

Dear John,

If you are using Unix look at man date or, preferably, info date (which is
more comprehensive, and has examples). I think you may be able to do your
conversion using the tools they have available, though I couldn't see how
immediately. If you aren't using Unix, you should be :-). Or give me an
example of what you want converted, and I will try and get it to work.

Personally, I enjoy fiddling around with Unix, but each to his own
perversion...
                                                 Faheem.

howdy R friends,

Can anyone help me with converting a 'unix' date (seconds since 1970) into
something readable?

There doesn't seem to be anything in the 'date' package and the prospect of
calculating this myself doesn't excite me.

thanks,
John Strumila
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