Last seen online indicates the time they were last seen online. Last new chat indicates the time you had a conversation with them.
Logically, a contact can be online without you having a conversation with him/her, but not the other way around.
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Originally posted by lalabelle
it appears that my computer has just accumulated the time from when my contacts came online and just keeps adding time to it even though they have been 'offline' for hours
You should think "ago" after it; they were seen that long ago.
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Originally posted by lalabelle
for some of them it says for both categories 10 hours or more even though they have been 'offline'...could that just mean that they are 'appearing as offline'
No, see above
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