diff --git a/datetime.lisp b/datetime.lisp
index 59c1b3e140bdaf969cb36abcdf53313ffb56d214..0346661cff309be2d75acf6480ccced646ab91bd 100644
--- a/datetime.lisp
+++ b/datetime.lisp
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@
 		   "July" "August" "September" "October" "November"
 		   "December")
 		 (1- mn))
-	    (format nil "~A" dy) (format nil "~A" yr)
+	    (format nil "~A" dy) 
+            (format nil "~A" yr)
 	    (format nil "~2,'0D:~2,'0D:~2,'0D" hr min sec))))
 
+(defun pretty-date-ut (&optional (tm (get-universal-time)))
+  (multiple-value-bind (sec min hr dy mn yr) (decode-universal-time tm)
+    (pretty-date yr mn dy hr min sec)))
 
 (defun date-string (ut)
   (if (typep ut 'integer)
diff --git a/package.lisp b/package.lisp
index 75d7f82e6b9f4594a2b93ec03f6b64794d0430db..8ab57abbce2de7992e6a64c3bd423ed38fc1eef3 100644
--- a/package.lisp
+++ b/package.lisp
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
    #:read-buffered-fields
 
    ;; From datetime.lisp
+   #:pretty-date-ut
    #:pretty-date
    #:date-string
    #:print-float-units