Subject: Pine time question

From: "Col.Brewster" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:01:13 -0400

I notice that when I use pine to read my email there is a number after the
time the message was sent. Example:
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 06:18:46 -0700

What does the -0700 indicate?
Thanks

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:59:31 -0400

> What does the -0700 indicate?

    It means that 06:18:46 is seven hours earlier than Greenwich Mean
Time (Universal Coordinated Time), the "zero point" for time around the
world.  In other words, the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in
Greenwich, England, was 13:18:46 when you sent your message (assuming
your system's clock was accurate down to the second).

    This indicator on email and newsgroup postings is very, very
valuable.  It allows a recipient to convert the time the message was
sent into his/her own local time for comparison.  I live in the eastern
US and wanted to try to engage in a "ytalk" session with someone in SE
Australia.  From the time indicator on emails I had received from him,
I knew what the time difference between us was, so I could try to catch
him at a time when he might be home and be logged on.

Paul                             <[email-masked]>
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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 08:40:59 +0800 (GMT)

> What does the -0700 indicate?

	It is the GMT (or is it UTC these days???) offset.  I live in
Taiwan, therefore my Timezone is GMT+0800.

	Ed

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