Time in receiving WLM

When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.

Your time stamp showed up in the msnews server correct. Who is your ISP?
They put the final time stamp on a incoming message and odds are they are
out of sync. Give them a call.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message
news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...
> When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
> from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
> e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.

You are seeing UTC time (formerly GMT) and you also don't know if the person
who sent the email has the right time and date set on their computer. See the
following website http://www.dxing.com/utcgmt.htm.

"Jerry Peel" wrote:

> When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
> from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
> e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.

Chances are, your PC is configured for the wrong tie zone.
Unfortunately, I can't confirm that diagnosis because you posted via the
web interface which hides the originator's time zone.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...
> When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
> from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
> e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.

The OP posted via the web interface which hides the originator's
time zone by substituting Redmond's time zone (GMT -0800).

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Bruce Hagen" <> wrote in message news:...
> Your time stamp showed up in the msnews server correct. Who is your ISP?
> They put the final time stamp on a incoming message and odds are they are
> out of sync. Give them a call.
> --
>
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message
> news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...
>> When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
>> from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
>> e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.
>

That should be 'time zone' rather than 'tie zone'.
For some reason the letter M on my keyboard has gotten difficult
to press. Time to blow out the cracker crumbs...

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" <> wrote in message news:...
Chances are, your PC is configured for the wrong tie zone.
Unfortunately, I can't confirm that diagnosis because you posted via the
web interface which hides the originator's time zone.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...
> When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
> from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
> e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.

I'm not running UTC on this machine. Using strictly local time for e-mails.
It seems to me that my PC should "time stamp" the new incoming e-mail. There
must be a way to go in and set the time on the incoming mail. My other pc
does perfectly well time stamping the e-mails. Both machines are running on
my bellsouth ISP.

"Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:

> That should be 'time zone' rather than 'tie zone'.
> For some reason the letter M on my keyboard has gotten difficult
> to press. Time to blow out the cracker crumbs...
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" <> wrote in message news:...
> Chances are, your PC is configured for the wrong tie zone.
> Unfortunately, I can't confirm that diagnosis because you posted via the
> web interface which hides the originator's time zone.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...
> > When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
> > from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
> > e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.
> .
>

In order for your mail program to time stamp emails properly,
it needs two pieces of information: your local time, and the
time zone you are in. It has nothing to do with "UTC".
What do you see for time zone when you right-click on the
displayed time (in the system tray), Adjust Date/Time?
Does it reflect your locality?

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message news:1DE0531F-E9E3-4DCC-A3FA-...
> I'm not running UTC on this machine. Using strictly local time for e-mails.
> It seems to me that my PC should "time stamp" the new incoming e-mail. There
> must be a way to go in and set the time on the incoming mail. My other pc
> does perfectly well time stamping the e-mails. Both machines are running on
> my bellsouth ISP.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:
>
>> That should be 'time zone' rather than 'tie zone'.
>> For some reason the letter M on my keyboard has gotten difficult
>> to press. Time to blow out the cracker crumbs...
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" <> wrote in message news:...
>> Chances are, your PC is configured for the wrong tie zone.
>> Unfortunately, I can't confirm that diagnosis because you posted via the
>> web interface which hides the originator's time zone.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...
>> > When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
>> > from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
>> > e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.
>> .
>>

WLM doesn't time stamp incoming mails. I'm not aware of any mail
clients that do. If you were to run your own local mail server, then it
could time stamp the messages when it downloaded messages from your mail
service. But that seems a lot of of bother just to know when a messages
was downloaded.

The received time is when your mail service received the message, not
when it was downloaded into your mail client.

Displayed times are adjusted for your local time zone.

Look at the message source (Ctrl-F3) for your messages. The top most
Received header is supplied by your mail service. IF that time is
wrong, then it's a server problem. Note that large mail services uses
multiple mail servers and it's possible that one of them has a wrong
time when others are correct.

If the received time on the Received header is correct, then your time
zone setting in Windows is likely wrong.

--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message
news:1DE0531F-E9E3-4DCC-A3FA-...
> I'm not running UTC on this machine. Using strictly local time for
> e-mails.
> It seems to me that my PC should "time stamp" the new incoming e-mail.
> There
> must be a way to go in and set the time on the incoming mail. My other
> pc
> does perfectly well time stamping the e-mails. Both machines are
> running on
> my bellsouth ISP.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:
>
>> That should be 'time zone' rather than 'tie zone'.
>> For some reason the letter M on my keyboard has gotten difficult
>> to press. Time to blow out the cracker crumbs...
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> Chances are, your PC is configured for the wrong tie zone.
>> Unfortunately, I can't confirm that diagnosis because you posted via
>> the
>> web interface which hides the originator's time zone.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message
>> news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...
>> > When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several
>> > hours off
>> > from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my
>> > incoming
>> > e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.
>> .
>>

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:29:02 -0800, Jerry Peel wrote:

> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:

>> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" <> wrote in message news:...

>>> "Jerry Peel" <> wrote in message news:E0F1F0D9-0E89-45E8-9249-...

>>>> When I receive an incoming e-mail the time displayed is several hours off
>>>> from what my pc clock is showing. How do I change the time on my incoming
>>>> e-mail to match the correct time displayed on my pc.

>>> That should be 'time zone' rather than 'tie zone'.
>>> For some reason the letter M on my keyboard has gotten difficult
>>> to press. Time to blow out the cracker crumbs...

>> Chances are, your PC is configured for the wrong tie zone.
>> Unfortunately, I can't confirm that diagnosis because you posted via the
>> web interface which hides the originator's time zone.

> I'm not running UTC on this machine. Using strictly local time for e-mails.
> It seems to me that my PC should "time stamp" the new incoming e-mail. There
> must be a way to go in and set the time on the incoming mail. My other pc
> does perfectly well time stamping the e-mails. Both machines are running on
> my bellsouth ISP.

Your PC (actually, your client) should not be modifying existing headers.
Most clients, including Windows Live Mail, display time based on the
timestamp of the final server handling the email for you; which, in your
case would be the Bellsouth server from which you download your email

| Received: from smtp128.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([69.147.65.187])
| by snt0-mc3-f35.Snt0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959);
| Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:52:02 -0800

In my copy of Windows Live Mail, the email with this timestamp displays the
received date column thus:

| 11/21/2009 10:52 PM

That is a 12-hour clock representation of '22:52:02', rounded to minutes
only. Hmmm. Just noticed that I have not yet tweaked this new Windows 7
install completely. I am still displaying time in 12-hour AM/PM mode. I like
the military style 24-hour mode ...

There we go! Display is now:

| 11/21/2009 22:52

No need for the AM/PM marker because you know you are in the afternoon when
the time is greater than 11:59.

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Norman
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