def formatDate( milliseconds, fmtString = nil, addDay = false )
      fmt = ""
      fmtString = "%m-%d-%Y" if fmtString.nil?
      if milliseconds
         milliseconds_s = milliseconds.to_s
         if milliseconds_s.length == 13
            t = Time.at( milliseconds_s[0,10].to_i,  milliseconds_s[10,3].to_i )
            t += (60 * 60 * 24) if addDay
            fmt = t.strftime(  fmtString )
         elsif milliseconds_s.length > 0
            t = Time.at( (milliseconds_s.to_i) / 1000 )
            t += (60 * 60 * 24) if addDay
            fmt = t.strftime(  fmtString )
         end
      end
      fmt
   end
def formatDate( milliseconds, fmtString = nil, addDay = false )
      fmt = ""
      fmtString = "%m-%d-%Y" if fmtString.nil?
      if milliseconds
         milliseconds_s = milliseconds.to_s
         if milliseconds_s.length == 13
            t = Time.at( milliseconds_s[0,10].to_i,  milliseconds_s[10,3].to_i )
            t += (60 * 60 * 24) if addDay
            fmt = t.strftime(  fmtString )
         elsif milliseconds_s.length > 0
            t = Time.at( (milliseconds_s.to_i) / 1000 )
            t += (60 * 60 * 24) if addDay
            fmt = t.strftime(  fmtString )
         end
      end
      fmt
   end
Returns the human-readable string represntation of a date, given the
 milliseconds version of the date.  Also needed for requests to QuickBase.