Hello TBUDL , From the help file:
ODATE[="format"] (replies and forward) insert the date of the original message in the long date format (defined by the system's country settings) or using the format specified by the format parameter OTIME[="format"] (replies and forward) insert the time of the original message in the short time format (defined by the system's country settings) or using the format specified by the format parameter While reading through some pages about RegEx at http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/Regex.html and playing around a bit with the "Historians" example on http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/RegexPt5.html I'm quite confused... Using it on a message which has Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:27:08 +0100 in the headers, ODATE returns Friday, October 31, 2003 and OTIME returns 00:27:08 ( [GMT +0100] from the macro ) Now this I can understand. Using it on another message which has Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:20:34 -0500 in the headers, ODATE returns Friday, October 31, 2003 and OTIME returns 18:20:34 ( [GMT -0500] from the macro ) Now this I don't understand. As the ODATE/OTIME return-values are placed in the reply, I would interpret this as: the senders' message was created on Friday 2003-10-31 at 18:20, which would be 18:20 - 00:37 (local time of arrival at my main-server, located at GMT +0100) = approx 18 hours ahead of my local time. GMT referenced date/time is only allowed to have a + or - 12 hour difference. It seems ODATE simply uses the OTIME value to calculate the ODATE value to return, using the local PC-day/date, not taking into account the GMT offset of the original message. In my opinion this is quite wrong and, for instance, totally f**** up the "Historians" example. Any opinions / confirmation on this? FYI: I'm on GMT +0100 -- Kind regards, Peter Ouwehand [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ouwehand dot net - - - - - Using The Bat! V2.01.7 On Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4
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