code: def readDate(self):
          
          ms = self.stream.read_double() / 1000.0
          self.stream.read_short() # tz
  
          # Timezones are ignored
          d = util.get_datetime(ms)
  
          if self.timezone_offset:
              d = d + self.timezone_offset
  
          self.context.addObject(d)
  
          return d
docs: Reads a UTC date from the data stream. Client and servers are
          responsible for applying their own timezones.
  
          Date: C{0x0B T7 T6} .. C{T0 Z1 Z2 T7} to C{T0} form a 64 bit
          Big Endian number that specifies the number of nanoseconds
          that have passed since 1/1/1970 0:00 to the specified time.
          This format is UTC 1970. C{Z1} and C{Z0} for a 16 bit Big
          Endian number indicating the indicated time's timezone in
          minutes.