Hi All, I am using below code to send mail to Lotus Notes. It works fine except when I receive a mail message the time stamp is correct. However when I open the mail message the time stamp in the header is 4 hours off. It must have something to do with utl_smtp.write_data(connection, header); Does anyone have any suggestions on what to check? It is definitely related to Oracle config because if I change below code from header:= 'Date: '||TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'dd Mon yy hh24:mi:ss')||crlf|| TO header:= 'Date: '||TO_CHAR(SYSDATE + 1/6,'dd Mon yy hh24:mi:ss')||crlf|| the time is correct in the mail header. Thanks Rick PROCEDURE mail ( sender IN VARCHAR2, recipient IN VARCHAR2, ccrecipient IN VARCHAR2, subject IN VARCHAR2, message IN VARCHAR2 ) IS crlf VARCHAR2(2):= UTL_TCP.CRLF; connection utl_smtp.connection; mailhost VARCHAR2(30) := 'my_mailhost'; header VARCHAR2(1000); status VARCHAR2(300); BEGIN -- -- Start the connection. -- connection := utl_smtp.open_connection(mailhost,25); header:= 'Date: '||TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'dd Mon yy hh24:mi:ss')||crlf|| 'From: '||sender||''||crlf|| 'Subject: '||subject||crlf|| 'To: '||recipient||crlf|| 'CC: '||ccrecipient; -- -- Handshake with the SMTP server -- utl_smtp.helo(connection, mailhost); utl_smtp.mail(connection, sender); utl_smtp.rcpt(connection, recipient); IF TRIM(ccrecipient) IS NOT NULL THEN utl_smtp.rcpt(connection, ccrecipient); END IF; utl_smtp.open_data(connection); -- -- Write the header -- utl_smtp.write_data(connection, header); -- -- The crlf is required to distinguish that what comes next is not simply part of the header.. -- utl_smtp.write_data(connection, crlf||crlf ||message); utl_smtp.close_data(connection); utl_smtp.quit(connection); END mail; -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).