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Re: [h-e-w] TZ in Win2k
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Michael R. Wolf |
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Re: [h-e-w] TZ in Win2k |
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21 Jan 2003 16:41:47 -0800 |
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Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:
> "Michael R. Wolf" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > It's unfortunate that the email Date: field is backwards from that
> > definition of "sensible". Here's a recent example.
> >
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:21:53 -0500
> >
> > It's my understanding that the date field shows local time for the
> > sender, and is followed by a TZ-ish number.
>
> The Date header shows local time followed by an offset from UTC, or
> sometimes a 3 letter abbreviation of the timezone name. This is the
> same as what the Windows control panel shows. The TZ environment
> variable shows the 3 letter abbreviation for the local timezone
> followed by an offset to get _to_ GMT, which is backwards from how
> most people think of timezones.
This was the date header from this message.
Date: 21 Jan 2003 22:57:14 +0000
Is your TZ really GMT
or is it undefined
or does your mailer ignore it
or something else?
--
Michael R. Wolf
All mammals learn by playing!
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Re: [h-e-w] TZ in Win2k, Jason Rumney, 2003/01/21