Topic: A really dumb yahoo mail question

[JMM]

Or with any mail for that matter.

In the time and date, is that the timezone of where the mail originated from when it was sent to me? Sometimes I see like

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 03:34:25 +0000

So if that is the real time of where it came from, what does the four zeros after the plus mean?

Here is a different one

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:25:13 -0700

Now I know that e-mail was written at that time, so what does the minus sign and the 0700 mean?

Here is another one too

Sun 30 Nov 20:36:07 -0600

Those four numbers changing from plus to minus and all over the place numberwise is irking me, I have not slept in a while. Can somebody please explain all that stuff to me? I feel so stupid, I been using e-mail since 97 and never knew...  

[ChAotiCIllusion]

The four numbers are the time zone it came from based on GMT. So +0000 is GMT, -0500 is EST. The time I believe is from the mail server that you connect to receives the message but I could be wrong there.  

[JMM]

Or with any mail for that matter.

In the time and date, is that the timezone of where the mail originated from when it was sent to me? Sometimes I see like

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 03:34:25 +0000

So if that is the real time of where it came from, what does the four zeros after the plus mean?

Here is a different one

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:25:13 -0700

Now I know that e-mail was written at that time, so what does the minus sign and the 0700 mean?

Here is another one too

Sun 30 Nov 20:36:07 -0600

Those four numbers changing from plus to minus and all over the place numberwise is irking me, I have not slept in a while. Can somebody please explain all that stuff to me? I feel so stupid, I been using e-mail since 97 and never knew...  

[ChAotiCIllusion]

The four numbers are the time zone it came from based on GMT. So +0000 is GMT, -0500 is EST. The time I believe is from the mail server that you connect to receives the message but I could be wrong there.  

[JMM]

Or with any mail for that matter.

In the time and date, is that the timezone of where the mail originated from when it was sent to me? Sometimes I see like

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 03:34:25 +0000

So if that is the real time of where it came from, what does the four zeros after the plus mean?

Here is a different one

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:25:13 -0700

Now I know that e-mail was written at that time, so what does the minus sign and the 0700 mean?

Here is another one too

Sun 30 Nov 20:36:07 -0600

Those four numbers changing from plus to minus and all over the place numberwise is irking me, I have not slept in a while. Can somebody please explain all that stuff to me? I feel so stupid, I been using e-mail since 97 and never knew...  

[ChAotiCIllusion]

The four numbers are the time zone it came from based on GMT. So +0000 is GMT, -0500 is EST. The time I believe is from the mail server that you connect to receives the message but I could be wrong there.