On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 20:39, Dave Cross wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 08:15:26PM +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 19:57, WipeOut wrote: > > > > > > > Your mail client should show the time in your local zone so it should > > > not matter what timezone the message was sent or recieved in.. > > > > > But I often get mails from people where the time says it was sent > > yesterday, or tomorrow. The point I am making is that I am in South > > Africa @ 8pm in SA its already about 1AM in Austrailia so your date/time > > in Austrailia will ahead of mine in SA and so the same applies to > > people is the US they are behind me. > > I cant see how we can all have the same date and time when we are > > situated around the world in different time zones. > > Look I am not saying I am right here, I just think that this is the most > > logical explanation. > > The time on your email was given as 08:15:26PM +0200. That's your > local time and the difference from GMT. As I'm sitting in GMT at 18:35, > I can tell that you sent your email about 20 minutes ago. > > Any reasonable email client will be able to use this information to sort > emails in strict chronological order, ignoring any local differences. > > Assuming, of course, that you have your computer clock and timezone set > correctly. > > Dave... > > -- > New .sigs > Running in please parse Well you learn something new everyday Thanks All -- Chadley - Linux Rocks Welcome to my world. ****************************************************************** This mail is free for distribution. You are free to - delete it - resend it - use it in anyway that makes you happy. I am not responsible for it or its content due to ignorance. Enjoy the adventures of Linux *******************************************************************
