Re: [expert] Email time stamp

[Ron Stodden]

John Murphy wrote:
> 
> Probably a stupid question but I was wondering if someone could explain the
> heading for me.  On the end of email time stamps you see various numbers like
> the ones below.
> 
> -0500
> -0700
> -0800
> +0000
> +0100
> 
> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 01:27:44 -0500
> 
> Is this referring to the time zone the person is in?

Yes.  It is the offset +/-hhmm from GMT/CUT.   A raw clock time is
meaningless outside its own time zone without including the time
zone.

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Regards,

Ron. [AU]