Subj : JS Object save_msg()
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jan 26 2037 19:31:35

  Re: JS Object save_msg()
  By: deon to Digital Man on Sun Dec 22 2024 09:33 am

 >   Re: JS Object save_msg()
 >   By: Digital Man to deon on Sun Dec 22 2024 10:14 am
 >
 > Howdy,
 >
 >  >  > IE: You posting a message at 12:30pm PST, isnt that 3:30pm on the east
 >  >  > coast? Its that PST (aka scfg -> system -> local time zone) setting
 >  >  > that is messing things. (I think - because that text is appended to
 >  >  > the ctime() results.)
 >
 >  > That's how messages are sent over message networks though, the date/time
 >  > stamp in the message header is the *local* time at site of the posting.
 >
 > I'm not following your point.
 >
 > I'll use an example, and for now pretend we didnt have scfg -> System ->
 > Local Time Zone - we just used ctime(), and our OS's are set to our current
 > time zone.
 >
 > If you wrote your message at 22 Dec 2024 13:30 PST (or UTC-8:00), which is
 > time_t 1734759000 (on your system). It would display on you system as that,
 > and if you exported the mail over the network, it would be exported as 22
 > Dec 2024 13:30 (string) with a TZUTC string of -0800.
 >
 > When that message arrived on my system (UTC+11:00), it would be presented to
 > me as the same time (UTC-08:00), and converted to the same time_t
 > 1734759000.

No, it would not. The mktime() standard C library function uses *your* local time zone (not mine) in the conversion to time_t. There isn't a standard C runtime library function that takes a broken-down date/time and converts it to a time_t using an arbitrary (user supplied) time zone. The rest of your message
seemed dependant on this first incorrect assumption.
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