On 12/6/2017 3:01 PM, Ant wrote:
> On 12/5/2017 4:16 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 12/5/2017 9:12 AM, Ant wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I noticed when I forward e-mails, SeaMonkey uses GMT like "Date: Tue, 5
>>> Dec 2017 18:52:06 +0800" instead of 2:52:06 AM PST (my local USA's PST
>>> time). How can I have it show my local time zone instead like when
>>> reading and replying? It is weird it is only happening when forwarding.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>>
>>
>> Your newsgroup message has the header fields
>>      Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 09:12:27 -0800
>> and
>>      NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:12:25 -0600
>>
>> These are the Internet standards for representing dates and times.  They
>> mean you submitted your message at 9:12:27 am Pacific Standard Time and
>> it reached the NNTP server for news.mozilla.org at 11:12:25 am Central
>> Standard Time.  The appearance that your message reached the NNTP server
>> two seconds before you sent it indicates your PC clock is slightly fast
>> and requires an adjustment.
>>
>> In other words, the time in these header fields are indeed local times.
>> The added -0800 and -0600 indicate the time zones (Pacific and Central
>> respectively) in the form of offsets from UTC.  A time in a header field
>> that is actually UTC would have +0000.
> 
> My 64-bit W7 HPE's clock uses Internet time. I just wanted my forwards 
> to show my local time stamps.
> 

What is "Internet time"?

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