diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index 6caa2dc..63d1b79 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Custom twitter client... mostly for learning Python
 
-import sys, twitter, Tkinter, Pmw, ConfigParser, os, tkMessageBox
+import sys, twitter, Tkinter, Pmw, ConfigParser, os, tkMessageBox, datetime
 
 
 class TwitWindow:
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ class TwitWindow:
             if i < len(statuses):
                 # Update the label with the user's name and screen name
                 user = statuses[i].user
+
+# fixme: need to find a way to detect local timezone and print in that
+#   Also need to decide how to format the output... maybe use a config var?
+#                timestamp = datetime.datetime.strptime(statuses[i].created_at, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y")
+#                timestring = timestamp.strftime()
+
                 labeltext = user.name + " (" + user.screen_name + ") " + statuses[i].created_at
                 self.labels[i].config(text=labeltext)