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From: lum@armadillo.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lum Johnson)
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Subject: Re: What does this DATE: field mean?
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Date: 9 Aug 89 14:25:52 GMT
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In article  sbaldwa@cadev4.intel.com writes:
>A mail from a friend of mine from Holland had the following header..
>..
>DATE: 1 Aug 1989 14:43:01 +0200
>..
>Is this GMT time? What does +0200 mean?

This is legitimate.  `14:43:01' is in UT (GMT); `+0200' is the time
zone, expressed as hours of distance from Greenwich.  EST would be
either `+0500' or `-0500', whichever one is in the right direction.
Sorry, I don't remember whether `+' is East or West of Greenwich.

Lum
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