vette Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I have received an e-mail from EDF to let me know that I can input my meter reading on line. I have just done that and was pleased to see that the amount of the next bill popped up. I'm happy with that.What was strange though was that the e-mail was dated 01/01/1970I know that France is a bit backward in some things but an e-mail from 45 years ago! Bizarre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivienz Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Surely that date would imply that they were decades ahead of everyone else in the use of the www and email and were just waiting for the rest of the world to catch up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 EDF clearly isn't very good with dates.I pay for our electricity through a monthly prelevement, so every year after the a/c has been settled up, they send a statement of the proposed payments for the coming year.This year's one came out with a 2013 date on it, but everything else was OK, so I ignored the obvious error.They never strike me as a very efficient outfit (administratively), but we've never had a major problem, so ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 01/01/1970 emails normally mean the email was sent with no Date information in the header. Which bit of software are you using to look at the email ? PC or phone/tablet. Did you receive anymore with the duff date or just the EDF oneIt could be a server problem as well - normally these things just sort themselves out.You could look at the header information in the email to see what was sent, but to be honest, life is too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 EDF send bills (paid by direct debit) to our UK address. When we arrived at our house in France there was a letter from EDF dated early December asking if we would like to pay monthly and to return within 10 days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 01/0/1970 is the base for Linux date/time so that is the likely explanation for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thanks to the experts for knowing what may have caused this.The e-mail program on my Laptop is 'Mozilla Thunderbird', just for your info'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 [quote user="Gardian"]EDF clearly isn't very good with dates.I pay for our electricity through a monthly prelevement, so every year after the a/c has been settled up, they send a statement of the proposed payments for the coming year.This year's one came out with a 2013 date on it, but everything else was OK, so I ignored the obvious error.They never strike me as a very efficient outfit (administratively), but we've never had a major problem, so ......[/quote]Be sure to pay it using 2013 rates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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