--- ftplib.py-cvs	Sun Oct 24 20:39:38 2004
+++ ftplib.py	Sun Oct 24 21:59:51 2004
@@ -506,2 +506,14 @@
 
+    def mdtm(self, filename):
+        '''Retrieve the modification time of a file in the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.'''
+        # Note that the RFC doesn't say anything about 'MDTM'
+        resp = self.sendcmd('MDTM ' + filename)
+        if resp[:3] == '213':
+            s = resp[3:].strip()
+            # workaround for broken FTP servers returning responses
+            # starting with e.g. 19104... instead of 2004...
+            if len(s) == 15 and s[:2] == '19':
+                return repr(1900 + int(s[2:5])) + s[5:]
+            return s
+
     def mkd(self, dirname):