From: al...@primenet.com (Alan Hamilton)
Subject: Exchange timezones
Date: 1995/11/09
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I've noticed a problem MS Exchange has with certain "Date:" lines.
Every so often I get a date line like
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 4:07:19 -0600 (CST)
Apparently, having both the -600 and CST confuses Exchange. It considers
this time to be GMT, and thus converts it to the wrong time when converting
to my local timezone (MST). I realize that RFC822 doesn't allow this format,
but it seems to be common. (For that matter, RFC822 only allows US
timezones, plus UT, GMT, and single letter military zones. Zones like CET
aren't allowed.)
Since I'd like to sort my mail by the Sent time, this is a problem.
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From: egg...@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert)
Subject: Re: Exchange timezones
Date: 1995/11/10
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al...@primenet.com (Alan Hamilton) writes:
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 4:07:19 -0600 (CST)
> Apparently, having both the -600 and CST confuses Exchange. It considers
> this time to be GMT, and thus converts it to the wrong time when converting
> to my local timezone (MST). I realize that RFC822 doesn't allow this format,
The format is wrong not because of the timezone, but because there's a
missing leading zero. The time should be `04:07:19' not `4:07:19'.
RFC 822 does allow numeric timezones. And RFC 1123 section 5.2.14
(which amends RFC 822) recommends them over traditional US names like `CST'.
From: al...@primenet.com (Alan Hamilton)
Subject: Re: Exchange timezones
Date: 1995/11/13
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In article <4812go$...@shade.twinsun.com>,
egg...@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) wrote:
>al...@primenet.com (Alan Hamilton) writes:
>
>> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 4:07:19 -0600 (CST)
>
>> Apparently, having both the -600 and CST confuses Exchange. It considers
>> this time to be GMT, and thus converts it to the wrong time when
converting
>> to my local timezone (MST). I realize that RFC822 doesn't allow this
format,
>
>The format is wrong not because of the timezone, but because there's a
>missing leading zero. The time should be `04:07:19' not `4:07:19'.
>
>RFC 822 does allow numeric timezones. And RFC 1123 section 5.2.14
>(which amends RFC 822) recommends them over traditional US names like `CST'.
I meant that RFC822 allows for -600 or CST, but not both and not a zonename
in parenthesis. Exchange seems to handle 04 vs. 4 fine.
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