From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: September 05, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: What does -0600 stand for in time notation?
>
> Leo,
> On the Date: Thu, 29,Sep 2005 11:30:00 -0600
>
> What does -0600 stand for? I have received mail that has had
> -0400, -0500, -0700 on them some with (PDT), (CST. I am being
> accused of sending an email and this -0600 was on it and my
> computer has never sent this out. Thank you!!
That's telling you the time zone as an offset from Greenwich Mean
Time (Or Universal Coordinated Time - I can never keep 'em straight).
Basically it's telling you that time is 6 hours behind GMT.
As email travels through servers in different time zones,
you'll see several different dates and times as the time zones
differ. This allows you to know exactly how those times
relate to each other in absolute terms.
Leo
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