Subj : Re: FTN Packet's message date question
To   : slacker
From : deon
Date : Sat Dec 14 2024 09:11 pm

  Re: Re: FTN Packet's message date question
  By: slacker to deon on Fri Dec 13 2024 03:28 pm

Howdy,

 > In this case, I'm download the packets from clearing houz for the echomail
 > areas.
 > Here's the FTSC date from the packet:
 >
 > FTSC_DATE: 14 Dec 24 03:01:22
 > So in this case, it was hours ahead. Clearing Houz is +11 hours. Does that
 > effect any of the packet times that are sent to me?

So I just had a look at my code.

With clrghouz, the packet date, is the date of youngest (most recent) message in the packet, in UTC.

So if you collect mail regularly, and only get 1 mail packet, then it'll be the UTC time of the most recent message.

If the message doesnt have a TZUTC kludge, then that "utc time" will probably not be UTC, unless the sender sends mail in UTC (and I imagine most wouldnt).

My rational for doing that, was to enable a faster way of rejecting mail that is old - if the packet date has the timestamp of the youngest message (and thus the messages in it are older than that).


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