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E-Mail E-Mail Time Stamp Converter Time Stamp

Paste date string:

Local date string:

F inding out the time when an e-mail message was sent is a little bit tricky. That's especially true if you use Webmail. It converts the date and time to local time. This little script converts the date and time to an easily readable format. Just follow the instructions below.

Instructions

Copy the line after the Date: field of an e-mail message and paste it in the first box. Click the "Convert" button. The converted time will appear in the second box. For example, this is the header of a typical e-mail message:

Date: Monday, 1 May 2006 10:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Will Smith <will_smith@yahoo.com>
To: Sandra Bullock <sandra.bullock@hotmail.com>
Subject: Important message

Copy the first line after the Date: field, i.e.

Monday, 1 May 2006 10:36:54 -0700 (PDT)

and paste it in the first box. Click the convert button to convert the date string to local time.

For Your Information For your Information:     Make sure that the time-zone of your computer is set correctly. If you do not know where or howto set your timezone it is very simple.

  1. Left double click on your clock in the taskbar.
  2. A Dialog box will appear, now select "Time Zone".
  3. Once you select "Time Zone" the box will change and you will have a "Dropdown" box.
  4. Select the Arrow on the Dropdown Menu and all the time zones will appear.
  5. Find and Select your Time Zone.
  6. Once it appears in the upper text area, select "Apply".
  7. Now select "OK" and the dialog box will vanish and you have set your timezone in the computer.

I f the above instructions for setting your timezone are a little unclear, grab the below link to see a slideshow to clarify it better.
[ Set Time Zone Slideshow ]

We have tested the code in IE6.0, Firefox1.5.0.2, Opera8.54, Netscape8.1 and AOL Explorer1.2. This script worked in IE, AOL Explorer1.2 and Opera8.54 with one variation in Opera8.54 . All other platforms tested it will "Not" work. It degrades well and you will not get any error messages.

  • Variation In Opera8.54
  • Once you paste the string into the form and select "Convert", instead of showing for example
    Monday, May 01, 2006 1:36:54 PM
    It shows
    5/1/2006 1:36:54 PM
    without the day of the week preceding it.
  • This in no way has any adverse effect except the format is not correct.

D epending on your knowledge of HTML and javascripts, this is an easy two part copy and paste code (with No reconfigurations) that goes directly in the <BODY> tag and <BODY> section wherever you want the effect to appear. If you need a little refresher on howto add the onLoad event handler into the <BODY> tag, see below:

</head>
<body onLoad="dstr.focus()" bgcolor="#000000" text="#ba55dc" link="#fff8dc" alink="#fff8dc" vlink="#fff8dc" topmargin="0" marginheight="0">

W e hope our tutorial was easy to follow and we covered everything in detail. If you would like to add this effect into your pages, grab the respective below link and you are there. If you have any problems with this or anything else, feel free to consult our [ FAQ ] and if you can't find the answer there, [ contact us ].
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