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@@ -2104,6 +2104,14 @@ This function returns the number of days between the beginning of year
The operating system limits the range of time and zone values.
@end defun
+@defun days-to-time days
+This is not quite the inverse of the @code{time-to-days} function, as
+it uses the Emacs epoch (instead of the year 1) for historical
+reasons. To get the inverse, subtract @code{(time-to-days 0)} from
+@var{days}, in which case @code{days-to-time} may return @code{nil} if
+@var{days} is negative.
+@end defun
+
@defun time-to-day-in-year time-value
This returns the day number within the year corresponding to @var{time-value},
assuming the default time zone.