Rev CGI - Texas - Time- Universe

[J. Landman Gay]

Jim Sims wrote:
> I'm using a rev cgi on a server in Texas having it record the internet 
> date to a text file on that server
> in Texas.
> 
> When I retrieve  that data here in Europe, the data reads :   Mon, 10 
> Nov 2008 04:07:41 +0000
> 
> That data was created 10:07:41  my time here in Malta (same as Rome time).
> 
> What I find confusing is the  +0000 part. Shouldn't that be -6000  or 
> something like that?
> They should be 6  hours behind  UTC, right?
> 
> Has Texas become the center of all time?   ;-)

Well, my sister in Austin certainly thinks so. ;)

You're right that the local time in Texas should be -0600, but perhaps 
the server has its time set to GMT? With customers all over the world, 
that may be likely. I'd ask the provider what time their servers are set to.

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