# function zfrtime {
# Set the modification time of file LOCAL to that of REMOTE.
# If the optional TIME is passed, it should be in the FTP format
# CCYYMMDDhhmmSS, i.e. no dot before the seconds, and in GMT.
# This is what both `zftp remote' and `zftp local' return.
#
# Unfortunately, since the time returned from FTP is GMT and
# your file needs to be set in local time, we need to do some
# hacking around with time.  At the moment this requires perl 5
# with the standard library.

emulate -L zsh

local time gmtime loctime

if [[ -n $3 ]]; then
  time=$3
else
  time=($(zftp remote $2 2>/dev/null))
  [[ -n $time ]] && time=$time[2]
fi
[[ -z $time ]] && return 1

# Now's the real *!@**!?!.  We have the date in GMT and want to turn
# it into local time for touch to handle.  It's just too nasty
# to handle in zsh; do it in perl.
if perl -mTime::Local -e '($file, $t) = @ARGV;
$yr = substr($t, 0, 4) - 1900;
$mon = substr($t, 4, 2) - 1;
$mday = substr($t, 6, 2) + 0;
$hr = substr($t, 8, 2) + 0;
$min = substr($t, 10, 2) + 0;
$sec = substr($t, 12, 2) + 0;
$time = Time::Local::timegm($sec, $min, $hr, $mday, $mon, $yr);
utime $time, $time, $file and return 0;' $1 $time 2>/dev/null; then
  print "Setting time for $1 failed.  Need perl 5." 2>1
fi

# If it wasn't for the GMT/local time thing, it would be this simple.
#
# time="${time[1,12]}.${time[13,14]}"
#
# touch -t $time $1

# }