LS, here is a puzzle for you: try converting a System.Posix.Types.EpochTime into either a System.Time.CalendarTime or a Data.Time.Clock.UTCTime without going through read . show or a similar detour through strings. The problem comes up when trying to easily nicely display the access, modification or status change times of a full directory of files, using System.Posix.Files.Filestatus to get at the times. A closely related issue: fromIntegral is in Integral which also requires quotRem. However, the two are semantically quite disjoint. I can *easily* see the semantics of fromIntegral on EpochTime, but not the semantics of quotRem on EpochTime. Having fromIntegral would solve the above puzzle... :) With kind regards, Arthur. -- /\ / | arthurvl@cs.uu.nl | Work like you don't need the money /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there's nobody watching