Internal clock

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In 2002 I purchased my Dell computer in North Carolina.
It is operated by Windows 2000 Professional. I am now
using it in Arizona and I find that as I receive email
from other folks in Arizona the receipt time of the mail
is always from the eastern time zone as if I was in North
Carolina. Can anyone tell me if this can be changed
within Windows or do I have to look elsewhere? I have
reset the clock in the computer and this had no effect on
the email problem.
Thanks
M
 
Try this:

1) Double-click on the system time located in the Task Bar (by default, in the lower-right corner).
2) This launches the "Date/Time Properties" window.
3) Click on the "Time Zone" tab.
4) Check the Time Zone it is currently set to.
5) If it is still showing (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada), click the drop-down button and set it to (GMT -07:00) Arizona.
6) Also verfiy that the checkbox for "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes" is checked.
7) Click Apply, then Okay to close the "Date/Time Properties" windows.

Hope this helps!

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| In 2002 I purchased my Dell computer in North Carolina.
| It is operated by Windows 2000 Professional. I am now
| using it in Arizona and I find that as I receive email
| from other folks in Arizona the receipt time of the mail
| is always from the eastern time zone as if I was in North
| Carolina. Can anyone tell me if this can be changed
| within Windows or do I have to look elsewhere? I have
| reset the clock in the computer and this had no effect on
| the email problem.
| Thanks
| M
|
 
I thought all email was "dated" GMT no matter where you are send it from
 
Indeed. They all reference the GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
However, the difference between time zones is denoted by "GMT +/- XX:XX"

For example,
Eastern Time (US & Canada) is shown as (GMT-05:00)
Arizona is shown as (GMT -07:00)

Hope this helps!
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Best Regards,
Franklin Huang

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If using Outlook for mail, there is also a time/date setting within OL under
Calendar Options.
- often catches people out -

Franklin Huang said:
Indeed. They all reference the GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
However, the difference between time zones is denoted by "GMT +/- XX:XX"

For example,
Eastern Time (US & Canada) is shown as (GMT-05:00)
Arizona is shown as (GMT -07:00)

Hope this helps!
==========================================================================

Best Regards,
Franklin Huang

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I thought all email was "dated" GMT no matter where you are send it from
The date stamp is relative to GMT, yes but how does the computer know
it is GMT?

There are two clocks involved -- the hardware or BIOS clock and the
software clock. The BIOS clock can be set to the local time or any
other time (eg GMT). The software clock looks at this as a reference
then sets the computer time to the BIOS time plus or minus whatever
timezone offset you tell it.

So you can set the BIOS clock, but if the software clock is not set to
the right offset all the times will be wrong.

Many Unixers are used to the machine time being set to GMT and the
software offset set accordingly. Windowsers are used to setting the
machine time to local time and telling the software the same time -
hence no offset.

Cheers,

Cliff
 

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