# Outlook Express question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/69412>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 20, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/69412 "2001-06-20T01:55:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![IBBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@IBBen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IBBen)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/69412/1 "2001-06-20T01:55:14Z")

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I have my time-zone set correctly in Windows yet my emails always displays an incorrect time. Any ideas on how I might fix this?

Thanks in advance,

Ben

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/69412/2 "2001-06-20T02:46:00Z")

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Is this email from a stand alone PC or a neworked PC?

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/69412/3 "2001-06-20T03:26:57Z")

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sent or received? OE takes the date of received emails from the header and AFAIK timestamps the sent emails with the time taken from your computer.

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**Author:** ![IBBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@IBBen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IBBen)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/69412/4 "2001-06-20T03:46:05Z")

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I have had friends ask me, “why are you sending an email at 4:00 AM?” I tell them my puter is screwed up and to ignore the “sent” time.

Recieved email is also subject to the time warp described above.

I use Windows 98, OE 5, Mindspring 4.0 (56k)

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/69412/5 "2001-06-20T04:44:46Z")

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So, if you send an email at noon your time, what does the time stamp say?

If you receive an email stamped at noon what does OE say?