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From: bill <bill@spam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Dialog global variables "ShortTimeFormat" & "LongTimeFormat" & TZ based on Date or Injection-Date?
Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 07:17:34 +0200
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On Sat, 15 May 2021 06:43:57 +0200, bill wrote:

> (I'm having problems getting the date & timezone offset the way I like.)
>  On 2021-05-14 01:02:03 +0400, foo bar wrote:

I figured out how to know what the ShortDateFormat is set to by using
 ddddd
Which shows in the attribution a ShortDateFormat of
 On 5/14/2021, foo bar wrote:

Adding one more "d" character seems to identify the LongDateFormat  
 dddddd
Which shows in the attribution a LongDateFormat of
 On Friday, May 14, 2021, foo bar wrote:

Likewise the character "t" seems to identify the ShortTimeFormat variable
 t
Which shows in the attribution a ShortTimeFormat of
 On 1:02 AM, foo bar wrote:

Adding one more "t" character seems to identify the LongTimeFormat  
 tt
Which shows in the attribution a LongTimeFormat of
 On 1:02:03 AM, foo bar wrote:

None of which added the time zone offset which was what I am looking for.
 On 2021-05-14 01:02:03 +0400, foo bar wrote:

So that global variable wasn't the secret to adding the tz offset.

Of course I can use "idt" (or |idt|) to add a timezone offset
 |idt|
Which shows in the attribution an offset but with a different date format
 On Fri, 14 May 2021 01:03:03 +0400, foo bar wrote:
From the date format that I want, which is
 On 2021-05-14 01:02:03 +0400, foo bar wrote:

Do you know how to add the timezone offset to the attribution?
 On 2021-05-14 01:02:03 +0400, foo bar wrote:
And will that offset be based on the Date: or the Injected-Date: header?
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