How to Understand the Date and Time in Email Headers – Knowligent
How to Understand the Date and Time in Email Headers

How to Understand the Date and Time in Email Headers

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An email passes through multiple mail servers on its way to a recipient. Each server records the time and date in the email header. By reading the header, you can find out when the message was sent, and where and how long it was delayed.

Date and time information in email headers typically looks like this:

Sat, 8 Jun 2019 11:45:15 −0500

This is what each of these fragments means: