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From: "Clyde Hoadley" <hoadleyc@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:40:49 -0700
What is the definition of "Absolute time"?  Does this mean
the computers Local time or, UTC time or, something else?

When I use Ethereal to perform a capture and set the Display
options to "time of day" or, "Date and time of day", the time
displayed by Ethereal is 7 hours behind my local time and
14 hours behind UTC time.

I live in Denver and have my computers clock set for GMT -7
MST/MDT.  Ethereal shows the capture time for a packet that
was actually captured at 19:30 (3/12/01) local time as being 
captured at 12:30 (3/12/01).  This is nether the correct 
local time nor is it the correct UTC time (UTC time would be 
02:30 3/13/01).  So, what time is it?

I am using the following software kits on Win98 and Win95
(I haven't tried the Linux install yet).
   ethereal-0.8.16-capture.zip
   Packet95.exe
   gtk-libs-20001226.zip

Do I not understand the "time of day" option correctly or,
is this a Windows glitch or, something else?

Thank you,
Clyde Hoadley
Information Technology Professional 2
Metropolitan State College of Denver
E-mail: hoadleyc@xxxxxxxx, 
Voice: (303) 556-5074, Cell: (720) 232-4737
http://clem.mscd.edu/~hoadleyc/