(current-time) vs (current-time-string)

Hi, (current-time-string) "Tue Jan 12 20:27:05 1999" (current-time-string (current-time)) "Fri Jan 16 13:33:28 1970" Any hints? -Truls uname -a: CYGWIN_NT-4.0 MARKVEIEN 20.1 (0.3/1/1) 1998-12-3 20:39:18 i586 unknown ./configure '--debug=no' '--site-prefixes=/local' '--gung-ho' '--error-checking=no' '--prefix=/local' '--extra-verbose=no' XEmacs 21.0-b62 "Pyrenean" configured for `i586-pc-cygwin32'. Where should the build process find the source code? /src/xemacs-21.0 What installation prefix should install use? /local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/cygwin32.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-switch Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? default What window system should XEmacs use? msw Additional prefixes: /local Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG image handling. Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling. Compiling in support for JPEG image handling. Compiling in support for TIFF image handling. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in File coding support. Compiling in EXPERIMENTAL support for Drag'n'Drop ( msw ). movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits. Using indexed lrecord implementation.