Randy Kramer wrote:
> james Mellema wrote:
> 
>>Look at it like time is always UT (the current designation for "GMT"),
>>local time where you are is 4 hours earlier, hence, the - sign. If you
>>were on the other side of the International Date Line you would be
>>ahead, hence the + sign.
>>
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Thanks for the response!
> 
> I know I probably seem wierd, but now I'm going to try to develop a way
> to mentally read it based on your suggestion.
> 
> Mon, 03 Sep 2001 15:38:00 -0400
> 
> Read as:
> 
> "local time is 15:38, which is 4 hours before UT"
> 
> "local time 15:38, 4 hours before UT"
> 
> "local time 15:38, 4 hours 'til UT"
> 
> Yeah, that might work.
> 
> "local time, change sign" is shorter, not sure which is more useful or
> more memorable -- your approach might be more useful, the "local time,
> change sign" might be more memorable.  Well, we'll see the next time I
> try to see what time an email was sent.
> 
> Randy Kramer
> 

yikes
i hear all of you though
time seems to confound mozillamail as well
all my mail is dated by when it was sent
so thanks to the fact that mandrake is used all over the world i get 
emails from today, yesterday, and tomorrow
i have even responded to emails before that have, as far as mozilla is 
concerned, not yet been sent
very complicated indeed

  - isaac


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