Thunderbird header 'date' display -

[Bob Goodwin]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> Until changing to F-9 Thunderbird used to display the e-mail sender's
>> time and offset in the header above the text field like "14:03:08
>> -0500" instead of "15:03" which is an almost totally useless bit of
>> information [to me] and is already displayed in the list of incoming
>> messages.
>>
>> I've spent a lot of time looking for the reason but to no avail.  Any
>> idea why and how to restore it?
>>
>>
>>     
> One way to accomplish this is to install the "ConfigDate" addon.  In the
> preferences it says:
>
> There is a hidden option to display the original date string instead of
> the formated date in messages headers.
>
> I've been too lazy to find the "hidden" option.
>   

That fixed it.  I forgot about that "addon."

The hidden option is just a check box after selecting the "Sent Time" tab. 
Not sure what it does but I checked it.

Thanks.

Bob