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Title:Microsoft Exchange Server
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Moderator:FLASK2::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 17 1995
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Thu Jun 05 1997
Number of topics:1099
Total number of notes:5174

1012.0. "Time stamps and Exchange Mail" by USOPS::RBROWN (Bubble, bubble, toil and ....) Fri Apr 18 1997 21:40

    I have a question about time.  Lately I have been getting a lot of mail
    from the future.  A lot of my mail is coming in at time that don't
    really reflect when the mail was really sent.
    
    I was wondering how the time stamp gets put on the document and when. 
    I just got a mail memo with a time of 7:31pm tonight.  How come ?  I is
    4:39 now.
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1012.1BUSY::SLABA Momentary Lapse of ReasonFri Apr 18 1997 22:255
    
    	Did it come from someone who is three hours ahead of us?
    
    	However, I'm not sure who would fall into that time zone.
1012.2look at headers for more infoPARZVL::ogodhcp-125-128-215.ogo.dec.com::kennedynuncam non paratusFri Apr 18 1997 22:5711
Did the mail come from another Exchange user?
I think that timestamp is generated by the
client.

If not, then the message must have come in through
SMTP.  You can do message -> properties and
click on the Headers tab to see the original
message timestamp (and timezone offset) - which
might indicate where the problem is.  If you 
can't make sense of it, you can cut & paste them
into a reply here & we'll try to figure it out.
1012.3Exchange mail is server time stampedSNOFS1::OP_RTRICHARD TOZERWed Apr 23 1997 01:489
    From the testing I did, Exchange to Exchange mail is time stamped by
    the server. I even tried working offline and sending a mail while the
    PC clock was set way into the future. While offline the mail sat in the
    Outbox with the incorrect date, but as soon as I came online the mail
    moved to the sent items folder and was restamped with the correct time
    by the server.
    
    Hope this helps
    Richard T
1012.4Timestamps and Time Zones ...YASHAR::RONNIEBDebt Free! Thank You, Jesus!Tue May 20 1997 13:1321
    RE: .3, and Randy, et.al.

    Richard is correct in noting the observed behaviour of the time stamp 
    mechanism when _sending_ e-mail from Exchange.  Outbound e-mail takes
    its time stamp from the Exchange Server, regardless of any setting(s)
    on your desktop device.

    However, the reverse is true when viewing the time stamp on _inbound_
    e-mail.  That is, regardless of what time you have set on your desktop
    device, when you read/display an e-mail, the time displayed in the header
    as a portion of the date is _adjusted_ on your desktop device to 
    compensate for what you have selected as your _timezone_ offset.  As a
    result, while your "time" is correct your offset from GMT (UCT) causes
    the time displayed on the e-mail to appear incorrect.  To correct this
    go to Control Panel, Date/Time, and click on the Time Zone button, then
    adjust your time zone to where your desktop device is located, from the
    choices available.

    I hthy,

	Ron