Simul efun: format_time - calulate a nice expression of the time Synopsis: string format_time(int t, int format) Description: Returns a nice expression of the time of day. It supports six different formats: 0 = Conventional format , e.g. "13:17:21" 1 = English format , e.g. "01:17:21 pm" 2 = Beautiful format , e.g. "quarter past 1 o'clock in the afternoon" 3 = Elaborate format , e.g. "17 minutes past 13 o'clock" 4 = Elaborate english format, e.g. "17 minutes past 1 o'clock pm" 5 = Conventional format without seconds, e.g. "13:17" 6 = English format without seconds , e.g. "01:17 pm" Return value: a nicely formatted string of a time given in seconds since midnight Note: Dixie says: "I would recommend the use of the formats two to four because they look nicer and the seconds are not very useful due to the time speedup." See also: efun/time, efun/ctime, lib/format_date