# File lib/Dnsruby/resource/RRSIG.rb, line 183
      def get_time(input)
        if (input.kind_of?Fixnum)
          return input
        end
        # RFC 4034, section 3.2

        #The Signature Expiration Time and Inception Time field values MUST be

        #   represented either as an unsigned decimal integer indicating seconds

        #   since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC, or in the form YYYYMMDDHHmmSS in

        #   UTC, where:

        #

        #      YYYY is the year (0001-9999, but see Section 3.1.5);

        #      MM is the month number (01-12);

        #      DD is the day of the month (01-31);

        #      HH is the hour, in 24 hour notation (00-23);

        #      mm is the minute (00-59); and

        #      SS is the second (00-59).

        #

        #   Note that it is always possible to distinguish between these two

        #   formats because the YYYYMMDDHHmmSS format will always be exactly 14

        #   digits, while the decimal representation of a 32-bit unsigned integer

        #   can never be longer than 10 digits.

        if (input.length == 10)
          return input.to_i
        elsif (input.length == 14)
          year = input[0,4]
          mon=input[4,2]
          day=input[6,2]
          hour=input[8,2]
          min=input[10,2]
          sec=input[12,2]
          # @TODO@ REPLACE THIS BY LOCAL CODE - Time.gm DOG SLOW!

          return Time.gm(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec).to_i
        else
          raise DecodeError.new("RRSIG : Illegal time value #{input} - see RFC 4034 section 3.2")
        end
      end