diff --git a/include/fc/time.hpp b/include/fc/time.hpp
index ff3bd9b..6771a37 100644
--- a/include/fc/time.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/time.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _FC_TIME_HPP_
 #define _FC_TIME_HPP_
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <fc/string.hpp>
 
 namespace fc {
   class microseconds { 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ namespace fc {
         static time_point now();
         static time_point max() { return time_point( microseconds::max() ); }
         static time_point min() { return time_point();                      }
+        operator fc::string()const;
+
         const microseconds& time_since_epoch()const { return elapsed; }
         bool   operator > ( const time_point& t )const                              { return elapsed._count > t.elapsed._count; }
         bool   operator < ( const time_point& t )const                              { return elapsed._count < t.elapsed._count; }
diff --git a/src/time.cpp b/src/time.cpp
index b55d767..0574e4c 100644
--- a/src/time.cpp
+++ b/src/time.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 #include <boost/chrono/system_clocks.hpp>
 #include <fc/time.hpp>
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace fc {
   namespace bch = boost::chrono;
   time_point time_point::now() {
      return time_point(microseconds(bch::duration_cast<bch::microseconds>(bch::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count()));
   }
+  time_point::operator fc::string()const {
+      bch::system_clock::time_point tp; 
+      tp += bch::microseconds( elapsed._count);
+      time_t tt = bch::system_clock::to_time_t(tp);
+      std::stringstream ss;
+      ss<<tt;
+      return ss.str();
+  }
 }