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* [PATCH 1/7] doc: glossary: add information for dates and timestamps
  2021-03-11 10:45  6% [PATCH 0/7] doc updates, fixups, and more Eric Wong
@ 2021-03-11 10:45  7% ` Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2021-03-11 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: meta

These have been confusing to me in the past, too.
---
 Documentation/public-inbox-glossary.pod | 14 ++++++++++++++
 lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm               |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-glossary.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-glossary.pod
index e188e563..61e1e9f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-glossary.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-glossary.pod
@@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ the same email into one or more virtual folders for
 ease-of-filtering.  This is NOT tied to public-inbox names, as
 messages stored by lei may not be public.
 
+=item IMAP INTERNALDATE, JMAP receivedAt, rt: search prefix
+
+The first valid timestamp value of Received: headers (top first).
+If no Received: header exists, the Date: header is used, and the
+current time if neither header(s) exist.  When mirroring via
+git, this is the git commit time.
+
+=item IMAP SENT*, JMAP sentAt, dt: and d: search prefixes
+
+The first valid timestamp value of the Date: header(s).
+If no Date: header exists, the time from the Received: header is
+used, and then the current time if neither header exists.
+When mirroring via git, this is the git author time.
+
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright 2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 209969c5..c7d52daf 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use POSIX qw(strftime);
 # values for searching, changing the numeric value breaks
 # compatibility with old indices (so don't change them it)
 use constant {
-	TS => 0, # Received: header in Unix time (IMAP INTERNALDATE)
+	TS => 0, # Received: in Unix time (IMAP INTERNALDATE, JMAP receivedAt)
 	YYYYMMDD => 1, # Date: header for searching in the WWW UI
-	DT => 2, # Date: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
+	DT => 2, # Date: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (IMAP SENT*, JMAP sentAt)
 
 	# added for public-inbox 1.6.0+
 	BYTES => 3, # IMAP RFC822.SIZE

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* [PATCH 0/7] doc updates, fixups, and more
@ 2021-03-11 10:45  6% Eric Wong
  2021-03-11 10:45  7% ` [PATCH 1/7] doc: glossary: add information for dates and timestamps Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2021-03-11 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: meta

Eric Wong (7):
  doc: glossary: add information for dates and timestamps
  searchidx: remove smsg_from_doc
  lei_curl: note proposed master/client mode for curl
  doc: update 1.7 release notes, tuning, TODO
  imapclient: disable workaround for Mail::IMAPClient 3.43+
  config: use '-f' key to store config file pathname
  v2writable: fix undocumented --xapian-only

 Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.wip       | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 Documentation/public-inbox-glossary.pod | 14 ++++++
 Documentation/public-inbox-tuning.pod   |  9 ++++
 TODO                                    | 16 +++----
 lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm               |  3 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/IMAPClient.pm           | 12 ++---
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiCurl.pm              |  2 +
 lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm               |  4 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm            | 12 -----
 lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm           |  2 +-
 t/v2reindex.t                           |  5 +++
 11 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

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