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Date and time of messages

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Is Thunderbird using the time of the computer to make a message database? I'm asking because, I'm used to think that the message date and time is recorded on UTC by the server upon getting the mails and not dependent of the computer in use, it may be a little confusing upon time changes.

Today i check the time on the computer and it was 2 hours ahead, strange since is updated by ntp servers automatically but i correct it between sending emails. When i did check the sent items i got the last mail before the first one, and the time more than 2 hours apart when in fact it was just minutes.

Is there a way to make Thunderbird rebuild the database from the dates on the server or is a personal date that doesn’t have any thing to do with the mail it self?

Is Thunderbird using the time of the computer to make a message database? I'm asking because, I'm used to think that the message date and time is recorded on UTC by the server upon getting the mails and not dependent of the computer in use, it may be a little confusing upon time changes. Today i check the time on the computer and it was 2 hours ahead, strange since is updated by ntp servers automatically but i correct it between sending emails. When i did check the sent items i got the last mail before the first one, and the time more than 2 hours apart when in fact it was just minutes. Is there a way to make Thunderbird rebuild the database from the dates on the server or is a personal date that doesn’t have any thing to do with the mail it self?
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The Date column in TB is read from the Date header, which is not as reliable as the Received header, but TB doesn't show the actual Received header if that column is displayed. To correct this, a simple change to a preference will make the Received column show the actual Received time. Repairing the IMAP folder will apply the change to existing messages.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1158818#answer-965203

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

The Date column in TB is read from the Date header, which is not as reliable as the Received header, but TB doesn't show the actual Received header if that column is displayed. To correct this, a simple change to a preference will make the Received column show the actual Received time. Repairing the IMAP folder will apply the change to existing messages.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1158818#answer-965203