On 12/6/2017 10:41 PM, Ant wrote: > On 12/6/2017 8:22 PM, David E. Ross wrote: >> 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"? > > NTP synchronization for Windows' clocks with time.windows.com, > ...nist.gov, and any other time servers. >
The correct term for that is "Network time", not "Internet time". The term "Network time" results from RFC 5905, which presents the Network Time Protocol (NTP) by which time data are distributed. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> President Trump: Please stop using Twitter. We need to hear your voice and see you talking. We need to know when your message is really your own and not your attorney's. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
