Re: What time is it?

["Robert W. Harris" <rwharris@CATH-MEM.ORG>]

> Are the times shown in messages on this list meaningful to anyone?
> For example, this was the date/time group on a recent message: "Mon,
> 23 Nov 1998 09:38:51 -0600". Was this the local time of transmission?

Yes.  9:38:51 is local time


> If so, how do we know what time zone the sender is in? Given that we
> have a worldwide audience, I would think that the times would be GMT.
> If they are, then the message referred to above is many hours old.
>
> And what is the final -0600 in the date/time group?


This is the offset from GMT, from this you can work out  the sending time
zone.

There was an article on page 299 of November 3 1998 issue of PC Magazine
which explains email headers in some detail.


Br. Robert W. Harris
Catholic Memorial High School
rwharris@cath-mem.org
http://www.cath-mem.org/cath-mem/physics/contents.htm