(defun calendar-time-from-absolute (abs-date s)
"Time of absolute date ABS-DATE, S seconds after midnight.
-Returns the pair (HIGH . LOW) where HIGH and LOW are the high and low
+Returns the list (HIGH LOW) where HIGH and LOW are the high and low
16 bits, respectively, of the number of seconds 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC,
ignoring leap seconds, that is the equivalent moment to S seconds after
midnight UTC on absolute date ABS-DATE."
(let* ((a (- abs-date calendar-system-time-basis))
(u (+ (* 163 (mod a 512)) (floor s 128))))
;; Overflow is a terrible thing!
- (cons
+ (list
;; floor((60*60*24*a + s) / 2^16)
(+ a (* 163 (floor a 512)) (floor u 512))
;; (60*60*24*a + s) mod 2^16