[pmmail-list] Problems with GMT timestamps

[Tim Roberts]

On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:53:32 +1200, Richard Grevers wrote:
>
>Betas 2577 through 2581 seem to be having problems with messages for which
>the SMTP server has set the time header in the style 
>Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:29:09 GMT
>They end up listed in my inbox as though they timestamp was for my local
>timezone (+1200) putting them well below messages with timestamps of the 
>style
>Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:29:09 +0000
>(both of which are legitimate).

Although a conformant mail reader is supposed to ACCEPT either format, in fact 
the "GMT" form violates RFC-2822.  No RFC-compliant mail agent is allowed to 
generate it any more.  The +/-9999 form is the only one allowed.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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